Vacationland Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Ottawa County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2023-24 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 4,735 students attending Ottawa County schools, 87.2% were non-Hispanic white. Hispanic students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 7.1% of Ottawa County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Ottawa County, representing 87.3% of the student body.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2% 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%	27
Put-in-Bay Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.2%	42
Danbury Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95%	119
Oak Harbor Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	93.3%	326
Danbury High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.8%	139
Danbury Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92.4%	264
R. C. Waters Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92.1%	366
Oak Harbor High School	Non-Hispanic White	91.9%	545
Genoa Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91.4%	637
Genoa Area Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	90.2%	265
Woodmore High School	Non-Hispanic White	89.5%	257
Genoa Area High School	Non-Hispanic White	86.7%	339
Bataan Memorial Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	80.4%	286
Port Clinton Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	78.1%	319
Bataan Memorial Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	75.9%	370
Port Clinton High School	Non-Hispanic White	75.6%	434