Central Ohio Today

There were 74 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Pickaway County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 164.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Pickaway County welcomed 8,957 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Pickaway County, South Bloomfield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 22 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
South Bloomfield Elementary School	4.4	499
Teays Valley High School	1.5	1,128
Teays Valley East Middle School	2.6	491
Scioto Elementary School	1.9	646
Circleville Elementary School	0.9	1,071
Teays Valley West Middle School	0	534
Circleville High School	0	475
Westfall Middle School	0	338
Westfall Elementary School	0	655
Circleville Middle School	0	473
Ashville Elementary School	0	449
Logan Elm High School	0	409
Walnut Elementary School	0	518
Westfall High School	0	353
Salt Creek Intermediate School	0	270
George McDowell-Exchange Middle School	0	225
Washington Elementary School	0	213
Pickaway Elementary School	0	210