Vacationland Times

There were 462 ninth grade students enrolled in Ottawa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Port Clinton High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 128 students.

Within Ottawa County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Ottawa County ranked 66th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 4,834 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 66th the year before.

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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Port Clinton High School	128	26.3	486
Oak Harbor High School	113	19.7	575
Genoa Area High School	108	34.2	316
Woodmore High School	75	29.9	251
Danbury High School	38	27.1	140
Genoa Area Middle School	0	0	303
Port Clinton Middle School	0	0	321
Danbury Middle School	0	0	121
Oak Harbor Middle School	0	0	328
Bataan Memorial Intermediate School	0	0	278
Genoa Elementary School	0	0	618
Danbury Elementary School	0	0	277
R. C. Waters Elementary School	0	0	379
Bataan Memorial Primary School	0	0	362