OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education
OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education
Data showed that Portage County school districts welcomed 18,833 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.
Among the 12 school districts in Portage County, Kent City recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 297 students.
The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Portage 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ravenna City | 13.3% | 1,965 |
| Kent City | 9.8% | 3,043 |
| Windham Exempted Village | 9.5% | 463 |
| Streetsboro City | 5.9% | 1,952 |
| Crestwood Local Schools | 4.7% | 1,353 |
| Field Local Schools | 3.2% | 1,891 |
| Aurora City | 3.2% | 3,008 |
| Rootstown Local Schools | 2.7% | 975 |
| Waterloo Local Schools | 2.6% | 808 |
| James a Garfield Local Schools | 1.7% | 1,221 |
| Southeast Local Schools | 1.6% | 1,388 |
| Mogadore Local Schools | 0% | 766 |
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