Tri County News

There were 166 Hispanic students enrolled in Darke County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 23.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Darke County welcomed 7,630 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 20 schools in Darke County, Mississinawa Valley Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 36 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mississinawa Valley Elementary School	11.5	314
Greenville Elementary School	3.7	840
Mississinawa Valley Junior-Senior High School	12.1	231
Greenville Senior High School	3.3	792
Ansonia Elementary School	3.7	490
Greenville Middle School	2.4	675
Arcanum Elementary School	2.5	436
Ansonia Middle School	0	98
Franklin Monroe High School	0	212
Ansonia High School	0	206
Bradford High School	0	233
Bradford Elementary School	0	259
Franklin Monroe Elementary School	0	280
Arcanum High School	0	291
Butler Middle School	0	307
Tri-Village High School	0	320
Versailles Middle School	0	373
Tri-Village Elementary School	0	402
Versailles High School	0	396
Versailles Elementary School	0	475