Lima Reporter

There were 6,955 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Auglaize County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Auglaize County welcomed 7,445 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 93.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Auglaize County, Wapakoneta Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 813 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	% of non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Wapakoneta Elementary School	93.1	873
Wapakoneta High School	94.2	805
Wapakoneta Middle School	95.4	670
St. Marys Memorial High School	92.3	594
Minster Elementary School	96.9	459
St. Marys Middle School	92	448
New Bremen Elementary School	93.9	428
St. Marys West Intermediate School	90.7	430
St. Marys East Primary School	89.3	428
Minster Junior-Senior High School	96	377
New Bremen High School	95.7	368
Cridersville Elementary School	90.9	385
New Knoxville Elementary School	91.2	295
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School	95.9	245
Wapakoneta Junior High School	96.2	237
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School	96.6	233
New Knoxville High School	90.9	88
Auglaize County Educational Academy	79.3	82