Findlay Times

There were 4,952 students enrolled in Seneca County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.7% of the county's student body, while the other 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 88% of the student body, the largest percentage in Seneca County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.4% and 3.3% multiracial students.

Columbian High School had the highest enrollment among Seneca County's 17 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 621 students.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Columbian High School	639	621	-2.8
Tiffin Middle School	540	517	-4.3
Hopewell-Loudon Local Elementary School	395	396	0.3
Old Fort Elementary School Bettsville Campus	393	379	-3.6
Krout 2-3 Elementary School	316	368	16.5
Washington K-1 Elementary School	359	342	-4.7
Seneca East Elementary School	344	330	-4.1
Noble 4-5 Elementary School	358	328	-8.4
Hopewell-Loudon Local High School	336	322	-4.2
Old Fort High School	296	266	-10.1
Seneca East High School	243	227	-6.6
New Riegel High School	205	202	-1.5
Seneca East Middle School	197	200	1.5
New Riegel Elementary School	176	188	6.8
Bridges Community Academy dba Bridges Preparatory Academy	101	118	16.8
Tornado Academy	131	77	-41.2
North Central Academy	78	71	-9