Fairfield Reporter

There were 4,051 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Fairfield County welcomed 25,299 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 16% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 42 schools in Fairfield County, Pickerington High School Central recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 690 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	40.2	1,716
Pickerington High School North	29.8	1,656
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	40.9	870
Tussing Elementary School	48.2	662
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	28.3	874
Pickerington Elementary School	41.5	561
Diley Middle School	40.6	574
Harmon Middle School	37.2	615
Violet Elementary School	33.1	577
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	26.2	699
Toll Gate Elementary School	20.2	862
Fairfield Elementary School	25.9	483
Toll Gate Middle School	21.2	584
Heritage Elementary School	29	369
Lancaster High School	3.2	1,869
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	29.4	119
Bloom Carroll Primary School	6.5	491
Bloom-Carroll High School	4.1	664
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	4	671
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	4.9	552
Gorsuch West Elementary School	4.2	577
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	4.5	536
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	4.1	510
Tallmadge Elementary School	3.8	478
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	2.9	630
Medill Elementary School	3.2	559
General Sherman Junior High School	2.4	670
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	0	620
Millersport Elementary School	0	217
Fairfield Union High School	0	553
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	256
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	310
Liberty Union High School	0	340
Berne Union High School	0	361
Liberty Union Middle School	0	357
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	363
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	362
Liberty Union Elementary School	0	467
Bremen Elementary School	0	364
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	404
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	0	442
Berne Union Elementary School	0	455