Vacationland Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Ottawa County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 4,834 students attending Ottawa County schools, 87.3% were non-Hispanic white. Hispanic students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 7.3% of Ottawa County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Ottawa County, representing 87.2% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.3% when compared to the previous 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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
Put-in-Bay High School	Non-Hispanic White	100%	30
Danbury Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	96.7%	121
Put-in-Bay Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.7%	38
Oak Harbor Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	93.9%	329
Danbury Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.2%	278
R. C. Waters Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92.1%	379
Genoa Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91.7%	618
Oak Harbor High School	Non-Hispanic White	91.5%	575
Genoa Area Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	89.8%	304
Danbury High School	Non-Hispanic White	89.5%	143
Woodmore High School	Non-Hispanic White	87.3%	252
Bataan Memorial Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	84.6%	279
Genoa Area High School	Non-Hispanic White	84.2%	317
Bataan Memorial Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	79%	362
Port Clinton High School	Non-Hispanic White	76.6%	488
Port Clinton Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	76.3%	321