OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education
OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education
Of the 39,225 students attending Lorain County district schools, 66% were non-Hispanic white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity among the county's schools (16.3%).
In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Lorain County districts, representing 66.8% of the student body.
Midview Local Schools had the most diverse student body in the county, which included Hispanic, multiracial, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic white, Asian or Pacific Islander and American Indian or Alaskan Native students.
In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county remained almost the same compared to the previous year.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Lorain County.
In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.
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.
| District | Most prevalent ethnicity | % of Total Student Body | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Local Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 91.9% | 1,434 |
| Firelands Local Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 89.7% | 1,651 |
| Wellington Exempted Village | Non-Hispanic White | 87.7% | 905 |
| Avon Lake City | Non-Hispanic White | 87.3% | 3,546 |
| Columbia Local Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 86.6% | 949 |
| Midview Local Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 85.2% | 2,782 |
| North Ridgeville City | Non-Hispanic White | 84.7% | 4,513 |
| Avon Local Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 80.1% | 4,524 |
| Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City | Non-Hispanic White | 76.6% | 1,552 |
| Amherst Exempted Village | Non-Hispanic White | 75.7% | 3,564 |
| Oberlin City Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 49% | 809 |
| Elyria City Schools | Non-Hispanic White | 46% | 5,717 |
| Lorain City | Hispanic | 45.3% | 5,943 |
| Clearview Local Schools | Hispanic | 42.1% | 1,336 |
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