Lima Reporter

There were 3,785 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Van Wert County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.3% 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 white students comprised 90.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Van Wert County, Van Wert Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 624 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
Van Wert Elementary School	87	717
Van Wert High School	87.5	550
Lincolnview Elementary School	93.8	418
Lincolnview Junior-Senior High School	95.3	360
Van Wert Early Childhood Center	90.7	367
Van Wert Middle School	87.9	373
Crestview Elementary School	94.5	330
Crestview High School	94.2	242
Jefferson Middle School	87.2	243
Jefferson High School	89.1	230
Crestview Middle School	89.8	196
Crestview Early Childhood Center	92.6	163