Lima Reporter

There were 7,010 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Mercer County schools in the 2022-23 school year, less than 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Mercer County welcomed 7,564 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 92.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Mercer County, Celina High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 654 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
Celina High School	85.7	763
Marion Local Elementary School	97.6	661
Coldwater Elementary School	96.7	609
Fort Recovery Elementary School	96.5	510
Celina Primary School	82.7	526
St. Henry Elementary School	97.3	442
Coldwater Middle School	96.1	387
Parkway Elementary School	92.2	398
Celina Middle School	83.2	411
Coldwater High School	95.4	346
Celina Elementary School	87.1	350
Celina Intermediate Elementary School	86.4	339
Parkway Middle School	96.2	292
Parkway High School	97.1	277
St. Henry High School	96.3	272
Fort Recovery High School	94.9	275
St. Henry Middle School	95.6	273
Marion Local High School	98	246
Fort Recovery Middle School	96.8	187