Lima Reporter

There were 13,500 students enrolled in Allen County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county's student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 67.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Allen County schools, followed by Black, Non-Hispanic students with 14.4%, 10.5% multiracial students, 5.2% Hispanic students and 0.6% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Elida Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Allen County's 34 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 1,020 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Elida Elementary School	1,018	1,020	0.2
Lima Senior High School	967	964	-0.3
Bath Elementary School	791	764	-3.4
Shawnee Middle School	734	711	-3.1
Shawnee High School	628	602	-4.1
Bluffton Elementary School	538	547	1.7
Elmwood Elementary School	521	519	-0.4
Elida High School	536	508	-5.2
Allen East Elementary School	457	470	2.8
Elida Middle School	530	468	-11.7
Heritage Elementary School	421	429	1.9
Bath Middle School	407	405	-0.5
Bath High School	422	402	-4.7
Perry Elementary School	401	401	0
Liberty Arts Magnet K-8	411	364	-11.4
Spencerville Elementary School	345	364	5.5
Maplewood Elementary School	343	360	5
Franklin Elementary School	339	339	0
Allen East Middle School	327	335	2.4
Lima North Middle School	303	329	8.6
Lima West Middle School	359	326	-9.2
Bluffton High School	321	319	-0.6
Spencerville High School	268	295	10.1
Spencerville Middle School	305	292	-4.3
Independence Elementary School	282	280	-0.7
Bluffton Middle School	284	268	-5.6
Perry High School	266	267	0.4
Allen East High School	267	247	-7.5
Freedom Elementary School	234	240	2.6
Heir Force Community School	235	223	-5.1
Unity Elementary School	192	210	9.4
Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8	182	165	-9.3
West Central Learning Academy II	56	54	-3.6
Bath Digital Academy	15	13	-13.3