Lima Reporter

There were 7,322 students enrolled in Auglaize County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.1% of the county's student body, while the other 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 92.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Auglaize County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.2% and 2.1% Hispanic students.

Wapakoneta Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Auglaize County's 18 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 832 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
Wapakoneta Elementary School	873	832	-4.7
Wapakoneta High School	805	792	-1.6
Wapakoneta Middle School	670	643	-4
St. Marys Memorial High School	594	586	-1.3
Minster Elementary School	459	486	5.9
St. Marys East Primary School	428	446	4.2
New Bremen Elementary School	428	439	2.6
St. Marys Middle School	448	435	-2.9
St. Marys West Intermediate School	430	418	-2.8
Minster Junior-Senior High School	377	378	0.3
New Bremen High School	368	370	0.5
Cridersville Elementary School	385	354	-8.1
New Knoxville Elementary School	295	301	2
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School	245	244	-0.4
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School	233	228	-2.1
Wapakoneta Junior High School	237	205	-13.5
New Knoxville High School	88	85	-3.4
Auglaize County Educational Academy	82	80	-2.4