NW Ohio Times

There were 932 Hispanic students enrolled in Defiance County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Defiance County welcomed 5,675 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 16.4% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 303 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	28.6	1,061
Defiance High School	24.4	717
Defiance Middle School	27.4	558
Hicksville Elementary School	11.4	369
Ayersville Elementary School	10.6	339
Tinora Elementary School	9.2	346
Ayersville High School	9.7	309
Hicksville Middle School	10.1	286
Fairview Elementary School	6.7	416
Fairview High School	9.5	262
Tinora Middle School	7.3	315
Hicksville High School	10.6	208
Tinora High School	6.6	272
Fairview Middle School	7.4	217