Youngstown Times

There were 333 Hispanic students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 16.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Columbiana County welcomed 12,745 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Columbiana County, Buckeye Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 58 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
Buckeye Elementary School	13.5	430
Salem High School	8.9	640
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	7	515
Salem Junior High School	12	284
Reilly Elementary School	9.3	268
Southeast Elementary School	8.4	286
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	6	399
East Liverpool High School	3.4	558
East Palestine Elementary School	4.7	405
North Elementary School	4.4	383
Beaver Local Elementary School	1.6	620
United High School	1.8	548
Columbiana High School	0	293
South Side Middle School	0	296
Leetonia Elementary K-6	0	273
East Palestine High School	0	264
Southern Online Academy	0	12
Crestview High School	0	302
McKinley Elementary School	0	324
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	0	381
Crestview Middle School	0	375
United Elementary School	0	441
Beaver Local High School	0	495
Beaver Local Middle School	0	550
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	0	127
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	0	214
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	0	398
Crestview Elementary School	0	433
East Palestine Middle School	0	270
Southern Local Elementary School	0	384
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	243
Garfield Elementary School	0	205
Westgate Middle School	0	292
Daw Elementary School	0	196
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	305
Lacroft Elementary School	0	336