Lima Reporter

There were 131 Hispanic students enrolled in Auglaize County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.4% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 1.8% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Auglaize County, Wapakoneta Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 26 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Wapakoneta Elementary School	3	873
Wapakoneta High School	2.5	805
St. Marys East Primary School	4.7	428
St. Marys Memorial High School	2.5	594
Wapakoneta Middle School	2.2	670
New Bremen Elementary School	3	428
New Knoxville Elementary School	4.1	295
St. Marys West Intermediate School	2.3	430
Cridersville Elementary School	0	385
St. Marys Middle School	0	448
Minster Elementary School	0	459
Minster Junior-Senior High School	0	377
New Bremen High School	0	368
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School	0	245
Wapakoneta Junior High School	0	237
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School	0	233
New Knoxville High School	0	88
Auglaize County Educational Academy	0	82