Findlay Times

There were 869 ninth grade students enrolled in Hancock County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Findlay High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 400 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Findlay High School	400	23.6	1,698
Liberty-Benton High School	106	23.2	456
Riverdale High School	79	28.7	275
Arcadia High School	65	35.3	184
Van Buren High School	60	21.3	282
McComb Local Junior-Senior High School	57	21.1	270
Arlington Local High School	45	18.8	239
Cory-Rawson High School	39	16	244
Findlay Digital Academy	18	10.8	166
Arcadia Elementary School	0	0	307
Cory-Rawson Elementary School	0	0	234
Wilson Vance Elementary School	0	0	393
Bigelow Hill Elementary School	0	0	355
Chamberlin Hill Elementary School	0	0	333
Whittier Primary School	0	0	377
Vanlue Elementary School	0	0	37
Riverdale Elementary School	0	0	224
Van Buren Elementary School	0	0	491
Vanlue High School	0	0	61
Arlington Local Elementary School	0	0	346
McComb Local Elementary School	0	0	312
Northview Primary School	0	0	383
Jefferson Primary School	0	0	357
Riverdale Elementary School	0	0	217
Liberty-Benton Elementary School	0	0	607
Arcadia Middle School	0	0	74
Van Buren Middle School	0	0	242
Riverdale Middle School	0	0	214
Liberty-Benton Middle School	0	0	434
Glenwood Middle School	0	0	556
Donnell Middle School	0	0	523