Vacationland Times

The majority of students in Ottawa County districts were non-Hispanic white in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 5,497 students attending Ottawa County district schools, 87.2% were non-Hispanic white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity among the county's schools (7.9%).

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Ottawa County districts, representing 87.4% of the student body.

Port Clinton City had the most diverse student body in the county, which included Hispanic, multiracial, non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped 1.9% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Ottawa County.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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.

District	Most prevalent ethnicity	% of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Put-in-Bay Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	97.1%	68
Danbury Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	93%	542
Benton Carroll Salem Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	92.4%	1,282
Genoa Area Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	89.4%	1,239
Woodmore Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	86.2%	916
Port Clinton City	Non-Hispanic White	78.7%	1,450