Medina Today

The majority of students in Medina County districts were non-Hispanic white in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 24,126 students attending Medina County district schools, 88.8% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity among the county's schools (4.1%).

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Medina County districts, representing 89.4% of the student body.

Highland Local Schools had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 91.2% non-Hispanic white, 3.4% multiracial, 2.6% Hispanic, 2.2% Asian or Pacific Islander and 0.5% non-Hispanic Black.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped 1.5% compared to the previous year.

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

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	Most prevalent ethnicity	% of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Cloverleaf Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	92.4%	2,249
Highland Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	91.2%	3,350
Wadsworth City	Non-Hispanic White	90.6%	4,311
Buckeye Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	89.8%	2,134
Brunswick City	Non-Hispanic White	87.8%	6,039
Medina City SD	Non-Hispanic White	85.7%	6,043