Fairfield Reporter

There were 3,770 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Fairfield County welcomed 25,248 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 14.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Fairfield County, Pickerington High School Central recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 658 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 non-Hispanic Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pickerington High School Central	37.4	1,759
Pickerington High School North	27.3	1,584
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	38.3	847
Tussing Elementary School	46.7	625
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	30.2	873
Harmon Middle School	37	632
Diley Middle School	39.1	586
Pickerington Elementary School	40.6	510
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	26	709
Violet Elementary School	31	552
Fairfield Elementary School	27.7	505
Toll Gate Elementary School	15.2	797
Heritage Elementary School	27.6	370
Toll Gate Middle School	18.5	540
Lancaster High School	2.6	1,829
Pickerington Alternative School	33.7	95
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	3.9	700
Gorsuch West Elementary School	4.6	587
Bloom Carroll Primary School	4.9	509
Bloom-Carroll High School	3.4	649
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	4	556
General Sherman Junior High School	3	693
Medill Elementary School	3.1	609
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	3.4	536
Tallmadge Elementary School	3.7	484
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	2.5	634
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	3.1	509
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	0	617
Fairfield Union High School	0	570
Liberty Union Elementary School	0	489
Berne Union Elementary School	0	467
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	0	429
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	418
Bremen Elementary School	0	365
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	346
Berne Union High School	0	362
Liberty Union Middle School	0	348
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	353
Liberty Union High School	0	351
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	325
Millersport Elementary School	0	268
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	229
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	0	32