Central Ohio Today

There were 51 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Champaign County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Champaign County welcomed 6,085 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Champaign County, Urbana Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 28 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
Urbana Elementary School	3.2	881
Urbana Junior High School	2.8	424
Urbana High School	2.2	489
Graham Elementary School	0	728
Graham Middle School	0	376
Graham High School	0	425
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School	0	528
Dohron Wilson Elementary School	0	375
West Liberty-Salem Middle/High School	0	356
West Liberty-Salem Middle School	0	284
Triad Middle School	0	237
Triad Elementary School	0	326
Mechanicsburg High School	0	240
Triad High School	0	209
Mechanicsburg Middle School	0	207