Central Ohio Today

There were 87 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Madison County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 20.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Madison County welcomed 6,324 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.4% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Madison County, London Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35 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
London Elementary School	3.8	912
London High School	4.9	576
London MIddle School	4.8	503
Plain City Elementary School	0	649
Norwood Elementary School	0	436
Jonathan Alder Junior High School	0	310
Jonathan Alder High School	0	621
Madison-Plains Elementary School	0	322
Madison-Plains Intermediate School	0	256
Monroe Elementary School	0	228
Canaan Middle School	0	364
Madison-Plains High School	0	299
West Jefferson Middle School	0	246
West Jefferson High School	0	286
Madison-Plains Junior High School	0	188
Buckeye Community School - London	0	128