Vacationland Times

There were 444 ninth grade students enrolled in Ottawa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% less 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 112 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Port Clinton High School	112	25.8	434
Genoa Area High School	109	32.3	337
Oak Harbor High School	106	19.5	544
Woodmore High School	76	29.6	257
Danbury High School	41	29.7	138
Port Clinton Middle School	0	0	319
Genoa Area Middle School	0	0	266
Danbury Middle School	0	0	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