Findlay Times

There were 3,456 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Hardin County welcomed 3,841 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 90% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Hardin County, Kenton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 934 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Kenton Elementary School	89.8	1,040
Kenton High School	90.2	482
Ada Elementary School	84.3	471
Ada High School	89.5	370
Ridgemont High School	91.4	243
Kenton Middle School	91.2	238
Upper Scioto Valley Elementary School	91.5	235
Hardin Northern Elementary School	93.2	206
Ridgemont Elementary School	93.2	206
Hardin Northern High School	95	159
Upper Scioto Valley High School	87.5	88
Upper Scioto Valley Middle School	89.6	67
Hardin Community School	91.7	36