NW Ohio Times

There were 953 Hispanic students enrolled in Defiance County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 16.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Defiance County, Defiance Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 304 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Defiance Elementary School	29	1,047
Defiance High School	26.4	700
Defiance Middle School	28.2	577
Hicksville Elementary School	11	365
Ayersville Elementary School	11	353
Tinora Elementary School	8.6	371
Tinora Middle School	8.7	323
Ayersville High School	8.8	320
Tinora High School	8.9	302
Fairview Elementary School	5.8	433
Hicksville Middle School	8.2	269
Fairview Middle School	9.5	220
Hicksville High School	8.7	231
Fairview High School	7.3	261