NW Ohio Times

There were 4,390 non-Hispanic white 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, non-Hispanic white students comprised 77.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Defiance County, Defiance Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 638 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Defiance Elementary School	60.1	1,061
Defiance High School	65.6	717
Fairview Elementary School	91.6	416
Defiance Middle School	64.3	558
Hicksville Elementary School	87.3	369
Tinora Elementary School	87	346
Ayersville Elementary School	86.4	339
Tinora Middle School	90.8	315
Ayersville High School	86.4	309
Hicksville Middle School	83.9	286
Tinora High School	87.9	272
Fairview High School	86.6	262
Fairview Middle School	85.7	217
Hicksville High School	87	208