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
Data showed that Fairfield County school districts welcomed 25,439 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's school districts.
Among the eight school districts in Fairfield County, Pickerington Local Schools recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 3,499 students.
The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Fairfield 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.
| District | % of Black, Non-Hispanic students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Pickerington Local Schools | 31.8% | 11,014 |
| Bloom-Carroll Local Schools | 3.8% | 2,250 |
| Lancaster City | 3.1% | 6,239 |
| Fairfield Union Local Schools | 0.7% | 1,905 |
| Walnut Township Local Schools | 0% | 497 |
| Berne Union Local Schools | 0% | 829 |
| Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools | 0% | 1,187 |
| Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools | 0% | 1,518 |
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