NW Ohio Times

There were 2,855 students enrolled in Paulding County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Girls made up 50.2% of the county's student body, while the other 49.8% were boys.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 90% of the student body, the largest percentage in Paulding County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.5% and 0.7% multiracial students.

Paulding Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Paulding County's 10 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 437 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Paulding Elementary School	428	437	2.1
Wayne Trace High School	408	386	-5.4
Antwerp Local Elementary School	352	354	0.6
Paulding High School	350	337	-3.7
Oakwood Elementary School	301	300	-0.3
Paulding Middle School	266	265	-0.4
Payne Elementary School	236	255	8.1
Grover Hill Elementary School	225	215	-4.4
Antwerp Local High School	167	174	4.2
Antwerp Local Middle School	152	132	-13.2