NW Ohio Times

There were 210 fourth grade students enrolled in Paulding County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Paulding Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 64 students.

Within Paulding County schools, the highest student count was found in kindergarten, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Paulding County ranked 82nd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 2,855 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked 83rd 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Paulding Elementary School	64	14.7	436
Antwerp Local Elementary School	48	13.6	354
Payne Elementary School	37	14.5	255
Oakwood Elementary School	35	11.7	300
Grover Hill Elementary School	26	12.1	214
Paulding Middle School	0	0	265
Paulding High School	0	0	336
Antwerp Local High School	0	0	175
Antwerp Local Middle School	0	0	131
Wayne Trace High School	0	0	386