Findlay Times

There were 196 multiracial students enrolled in Seneca County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Seneca County school districts welcomed 5,081 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

Among the five school districts in Seneca County, Tiffin City Schools recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 140 students.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Seneca County.

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.

District	% of Multiracial students	Total enrollment
Tiffin City Schools	5.6%	2,495
Hopewell-Loudon Local Schools	2.7%	731
Seneca East Local Schools	2.7%	785
Old Fort Local Schools	2.2%	689
New Riegel Local Schools	0%	381