Findlay Times

There were 818 kindergarten students enrolled in Hancock County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Northview Primary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 141 students.

Within Hancock County schools, the highest student count was found in 11th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Hancock County ranked 34th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 10,958 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 34th the year before.

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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Northview Primary School	141	36.8	383
Liberty-Benton Elementary School	128	21.1	607
Whittier Primary School	115	30.5	377
Jefferson Primary School	112	31.4	357
Van Buren Elementary School	75	15.3	491
Riverdale Elementary School	71	32.7	217
Arlington Local Elementary School	60	17.3	346
Arcadia Elementary School	38	12.4	307
McComb Local Elementary School	37	11.9	312
Cory-Rawson Elementary School	28	12	234
Vanlue Elementary School	13	35.1	37
Liberty-Benton Middle School	0	0	434
McComb Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	270
Van Buren High School	0	0	282
Van Buren Middle School	0	0	242
Vanlue High School	0	0	61
Riverdale Elementary School	0	0	224
Riverdale High School	0	0	275
Riverdale Middle School	0	0	214
Liberty-Benton High School	0	0	456
Cory-Rawson High School	0	0	244
Arlington Local High School	0	0	239
Arcadia High School	0	0	184
Arcadia Middle School	0	0	74
Chamberlin Hill Elementary School	0	0	333
Wilson Vance Elementary School	0	0	393
Bigelow Hill Elementary School	0	0	355
Findlay High School	0	0	1,698
Donnell Middle School	0	0	523
Glenwood Middle School	0	0	556
Findlay Digital Academy	0	0	166