Lima Reporter

There were 6,799 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Auglaize County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Auglaize County welcomed 7,322 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 92.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Auglaize County, Wapakoneta Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 760 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 non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Wapakoneta Elementary School	91.3	832
Wapakoneta High School	95.1	792
Wapakoneta Middle School	94.2	643
St. Marys Memorial High School	91.5	586
Minster Elementary School	96.5	486
New Bremen Elementary School	92.9	439
St. Marys Middle School	91.3	435
St. Marys East Primary School	88.8	446
St. Marys West Intermediate School	89.2	418
Minster Junior-Senior High School	95.5	378
New Bremen High School	95.1	370
Cridersville Elementary School	89	354
New Knoxville Elementary School	92	301
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School	95.1	244
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School	96.9	228
Wapakoneta Junior High School	97.1	205
New Knoxville High School	92.9	85
Auglaize County Educational Academy	81.3	80