Lima Reporter

Celina City School District had the highest enrollment among Mercer County districts, welcoming 2,676 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 85% of Celina City School District's total enrollment.

Among the six districts in Mercer County, Coldwater Exempted Village School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,343 students , while St Henry Consolidated Local School District welcomed 987 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Celina City School District generally encompasses schools within Mercer County with its main office in Celina.

In the previous school year, Celina City School District also had the highest number of students among Mercer County districts.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Celina City School District	Celina	2,676
Coldwater Exempted Village School District	Coldwater	1,343
St Henry Consolidated Local School District	Saint Henry	987
Fort Recovery Local School District	Fort Recovery	971
Parkway Local School District	Rockford	967
Marion Local School District	Maria Stein	907