Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,123 white students enrolled in Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools in the 2022-23 school year, a decrease from the 1,128 white students in the previous school year, according to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools welcomed 1,187 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students made up 94.6% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools roughly covers three schools within Fairfield County and has its main office in Baltimore.

Among the three schools in Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools, Liberty Union Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 466 students.

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total White Students	White %
2022-23	1,187	1,123	94.6%
2021-22	1,192	1,128	94.6%