Findlay Times

There were 802 third grade students enrolled in Hancock County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Liberty-Benton Elementary School and Chamberlin Hill Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 127 students each.

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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Liberty-Benton Elementary School	127	20.9	607
Chamberlin Hill Elementary School	127	38.1	333
Bigelow Hill Elementary School	123	34.6	355
Wilson Vance Elementary School	114	29	393
Van Buren Elementary School	88	17.9	491
Riverdale Elementary School	64	28.6	224
McComb Local Elementary School	44	14.1	312
Arlington Local Elementary School	43	12.4	346
Arcadia Elementary School	42	13.7	307
Cory-Rawson Elementary School	30	12.8	234
McComb Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	270
Liberty-Benton Middle School	0	0	434
Arcadia High School	0	0	184
Arcadia Middle School	0	0	74
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
Vanlue Elementary School	0	0	37
Van Buren High School	0	0	282
Van Buren Middle School	0	0	242
Vanlue High School	0	0	61
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
Riverdale Elementary School	0	0	217
Jefferson Primary School	0	0	357
Northview Primary School	0	0	383
Whittier Primary School	0	0	377