Vacationland Times

There were 335 Hispanic students enrolled in Ottawa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ottawa County welcomed 4,735 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 7.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Ottawa County, Port Clinton High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 58 students.

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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Port Clinton High School	13.4	434
Bataan Memorial Primary School	10.8	370
Genoa Elementary School	6.1	637
Port Clinton Middle School	11.6	319
Bataan Memorial Intermediate School	11.5	286
Genoa Area High School	8.8	339
Oak Harbor High School	4.8	545
Genoa Area Middle School	8.7	265
Woodmore High School	7.4	257
R. C. Waters Elementary School	4.1	366
Oak Harbor Middle School	4.6	326
Danbury Elementary School	0	264
Danbury High School	0	139
Danbury Middle School	0	119
Put-in-Bay Elementary School	0	42
Put-in-Bay High School	0	27