Lima Reporter

There were 569 seventh grade students enrolled in Auglaize County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Wapakoneta Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 215 students.

Within Auglaize County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Auglaize County ranked 45th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,445 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 46th the year before.

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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Wapakoneta Middle School	215	32.1	670
St. Marys Middle School	149	33.3	448
Minster Junior-Senior High School	69	18.5	373
New Bremen High School	60	16.3	368
New Knoxville Elementary School	42	14.2	295
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School	34	14.7	231
New Bremen Elementary School	0	0	428
Minster Elementary School	0	0	459
St. Marys West Intermediate School	0	0	430
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School	0	0	245
Wapakoneta Elementary School	0	0	873
Cridersville Elementary School	0	0	385
St. Marys East Primary School	0	0	428
Auglaize County Educational Academy	0	0	69
St. Marys Memorial High School	0	0	588
Wapakoneta Junior High School	0	0	237
Wapakoneta High School	0	0	800
New Knoxville High School	0	0	87