NW Ohio Times

There were 528 kindergarten students enrolled in Defiance County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Defiance Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 215 students.

Within Defiance County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Defiance County ranked 58th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 5,772 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 59th the year before.

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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Defiance Elementary School	215	20.5	1,047
Fairview Elementary School	97	22.4	434
Hicksville Elementary School	87	23.8	365
Tinora Elementary School	86	23.2	370
Ayersville Elementary School	43	12.2	353
Defiance Middle School	0	0	577
Defiance High School	0	0	695
Hicksville High School	0	0	231
Hicksville Middle School	0	0	269
Ayersville High School	0	0	320
Fairview High School	0	0	260
Fairview Middle School	0	0	220
Tinora High School	0	0	302
Tinora Middle School	0	0	324