Vacationland Times

There were 329 seventh grade students enrolled in Ottawa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Port Clinton Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 102 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 67th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 4,735 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Port Clinton Middle School	102	32	319
Oak Harbor High School	95	17.5	544
Genoa Area Middle School	93	35	266
Danbury Middle School	39	32.5	120
Oak Harbor Middle School	0	0	326
Genoa Elementary School	0	0	638
Bataan Memorial Intermediate School	0	0	286
Danbury Elementary School	0	0	263
R. C. Waters Elementary School	0	0	365
Bataan Memorial Primary School	0	0	370
Port Clinton High School	0	0	434
Danbury High School	0	0	138
Genoa Area High School	0	0	337
Woodmore High School	0	0	257