Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent
Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent
Data showed that Allen County welcomed 13,500 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 14.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 34 schools in Allen County, Lima Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 349 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 | % of non-Hispanic Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Lima Senior High School | 36.2 | 964 |
| Heritage Elementary School | 34.3 | 429 |
| Elida Elementary School | 13.6 | 1,020 |
| Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 | 36.8 | 364 |
| Lima West Middle School | 38 | 326 |
| Heir Force Community School | 53.4 | 223 |
| Lima North Middle School | 35.6 | 329 |
| Unity Elementary School | 49 | 210 |
| Perry Elementary School | 25.2 | 401 |
| Freedom Elementary School | 36.3 | 240 |
| Independence Elementary School | 30 | 280 |
| Elida High School | 14.2 | 508 |
| Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8 | 40.6 | 165 |
| Perry High School | 24 | 267 |
| Elida Middle School | 13.5 | 468 |
| Shawnee Middle School | 5.6 | 711 |
| Shawnee High School | 5.8 | 602 |
| Elmwood Elementary School | 4 | 519 |
| Maplewood Elementary School | 5 | 360 |
| West Central Learning Academy II | 33.3 | 54 |
| Bath Middle School | 4.2 | 405 |
| Bath Elementary School | 1.8 | 764 |
| Bath High School | 2.7 | 402 |
| Bath Digital Academy | 0 | 13 |
| Allen East High School | 0 | 247 |
| Bluffton Middle School | 0 | 268 |
| Spencerville High School | 0 | 295 |
| Spencerville Middle School | 0 | 292 |
| Franklin Elementary School | 0 | 339 |
| Bluffton High School | 0 | 319 |
| Allen East Middle School | 0 | 335 |
| Spencerville Elementary School | 0 | 364 |
| Allen East Elementary School | 0 | 470 |
| Bluffton Elementary School | 0 | 547 |
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