Lima Reporter

There were 7,445 students enrolled in Auglaize County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51% of the county's student body, while the other 49% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 93.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Auglaize County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.2% and 1.8% Hispanic students.

Wapakoneta Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Auglaize County's 18 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 873 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Wapakoneta Elementary School	867	873	0.7
Wapakoneta High School	787	805	2.3
Wapakoneta Middle School	693	670	-3.3
St. Marys Memorial High School	621	594	-4.3
Minster Elementary School	451	459	1.8
St. Marys Middle School	459	448	-2.4
St. Marys West Intermediate School	407	430	5.7
St. Marys East Primary School	424	428	0.9
New Bremen Elementary School	416	428	2.9
Cridersville Elementary School	380	385	1.3
Minster Junior-Senior High School	373	377	1.1
New Bremen High School	368	368	0
New Knoxville Elementary School	285	295	3.5
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School	245	245	0
Wapakoneta Junior High School	253	237	-6.3
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School	246	233	-5.3
New Knoxville High School	86	88	2.3
Auglaize County Educational Academy	80	82	2.5