Vacationland Times

There were 24 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Ottawa County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 20% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ottawa County school districts welcomed 5,497 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

Among the six school districts in Ottawa County, Port Clinton City recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 24 students.

The main offices of all school 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 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.

District	% of Black, Non-Hispanic students	Total enrollment
Port Clinton City	1.7%	1,450
Put-in-Bay Local Schools	0%	68
Danbury Local Schools	0%	542
Woodmore Local Schools	0%	916
Genoa Area Local Schools	0%	1,239
Benton Carroll Salem Local Schools	0%	1,282