Fairfield Reporter

There were 110 Black students enrolled in Bloom-Carroll Local School District in the 2023-24 school year, a 27.9% increase from the 86 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Bloom-Carroll Local School District welcomed 2,244 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students made up 4.9% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Bloom-Carroll Local School District roughly covers four schools within Fairfield County and has its main office in Carroll.

Among the four schools in Bloom-Carroll Local School District, Bloom Carroll Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 32 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 Black Students	Black %
2023-24	2,244	110	4.9%
2022-23	2,250	86	3.8%
2021-22	2,191	64	2.9%