NW Ohio Times

There were 4,488 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Defiance County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Defiance County welcomed 5,772 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 77.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Defiance County, Defiance Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 645 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 non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Defiance Elementary School	61.6	1,047
Defiance High School	63.9	700
Fairview Elementary School	91.5	433
Defiance Middle School	63.8	577
Tinora Elementary School	87.6	371
Hicksville Elementary School	86.3	365
Ayersville Elementary School	84.7	353
Tinora Middle School	87.9	323
Ayersville High School	87.2	320
Tinora High School	86.8	302
Hicksville Middle School	89.6	269
Fairview High School	88.9	261
Hicksville High School	89.2	231
Fairview Middle School	85.9	220