Lima Reporter

There were 15 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Van Wert County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Van Wert County welcomed 4,189 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Van Wert Elementary School was the only school in Van Wert County that enrolled non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year.

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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Van Wert Elementary School	2.1	717
Van Wert High School	0	550
Van Wert Middle School	0	373
Jefferson High School	0	230
Crestview Middle School	0	196
Lincolnview Elementary School	0	418
Van Wert Early Childhood Center	0	367
Jefferson Middle School	0	243
Lincolnview Junior-Senior High School	0	360
Crestview Elementary School	0	330
Crestview High School	0	242
Crestview Early Childhood Center	0	163