NW Ohio Times

There were 99 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Defiance County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.2% 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 Black students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Defiance County, Defiance High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 44 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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Defiance High School	6.3	700
Defiance Middle School	4.9	577
Defiance Elementary School	2.6	1,047
Ayersville Elementary School	0	353
Hicksville Elementary School	0	365
Tinora Elementary School	0	371
Tinora Middle School	0	323
Ayersville High School	0	320
Tinora High School	0	302
Fairview Elementary School	0	433
Hicksville Middle School	0	269
Fairview Middle School	0	220
Hicksville High School	0	231
Fairview High School	0	261