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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 10.6% of Lake County’s school districts student body in 2022-23 school year

Webp superintendent of public instruction j christopher woolard 2023

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

There were 2,980 Hispanic students enrolled in Lake County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Lake County school districts welcomed 28,159 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 10.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

Among the nine school districts in Lake County, Painesville City Local Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,490 students.

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

Ethnicities in Lake County in 2022-23 School Year

Non-Hispanic White 74%Hispanic 11%Non-Hispanic Black 8%Multiracial 7%Ethnicities <5% 1%

Hispanic Enrollment in Lake County During 2022-23 School Year

District% of Hispanic studentsTotal enrollment
Painesville City Local Schools56.7%2,628
Fairport Harbor Exempted Village15.7%579
Perry Local Schools10.7%1,489
Riverside Local Schools10.2%4,175
Madison Local Schools6.4%2,748
Wickliffe City4.3%1,300
Mentor Exempted Village4.2%7,150
Willoughby-Eastlake City3.8%6,984
Kirtland Local Schools2%1,106

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