Lima Reporter

There were 86 multiracial students enrolled in Mercer County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.5% less 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, multiracial students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Mercer County, Celina Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 24 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Celina Primary School	4.6	526
Celina High School	2.4	763
Celina Middle School	4.1	411
Celina Intermediate Elementary School	4.1	339
Parkway Elementary School	3.3	398
Fort Recovery Elementary School	0	510
Celina Elementary School	0	350
Coldwater Elementary School	0	609
Marion Local Elementary School	0	661
St. Henry Elementary School	0	442
Coldwater Middle School	0	387
Coldwater High School	0	346
Parkway Middle School	0	292
Parkway High School	0	277
St. Henry High School	0	272
Fort Recovery High School	0	275
St. Henry Middle School	0	273
Marion Local High School	0	246
Fort Recovery Middle School	0	187