Mansfield Times

There were 141 multiracial students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ashland County welcomed 6,561 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Ashland County, Ashland Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 36 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Ashland Middle School	5	723
Ashland High School	4.2	815
Taft Intermediate School	4.6	458
Reagan Elementary School	3.3	600
Edison Elementary School	4	451
Black River Education Center Elementary School	2.3	525
Mapleton Elementary School	0	378
Loudonville High School	0	360
Hillsdale Elementary School	0	312
McMullen Elementary School	0	290
Black River High School	0	284
Mapleton High School	0	246
Hillsdale Middle School	0	246
Black River Education Center Middle School	0	216
Budd Elementary School	0	196
Hillsdale High School	0	185
Mapleton Middle School	0	180
Ashland County Community Academy	0	74
Mapleton Virtual Academy	0	22