Central Ohio Today

There were 250 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Union County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 27.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Union County welcomed 11,650 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Union County, Dublin Jerome High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 43 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
Dublin Jerome High School	2.3	1,895
Marysville High School	3.1	1,012
Creekview Intermediate Elementary School	3.5	801
Mill Valley Elementary School	6.1	423
Eversole Run Middle School	3.1	771
Bunsold Middle School	2.8	763
Abraham Depp Elementary School	2.9	701
Glacier Ridge Elementary School	2.7	549
Navin Elementary School	3.5	432
Edgewood Elementary School	2.9	483
Northwood Elementary School	2.2	595
North Union Elementary School	0	669
Fairbanks Elementary School	0	442
Marysville STEM Early College High School	0	499
Fairbanks Middle School	0	248
North Union High School	0	372
North Union Middle School	0	362
Fairbanks High School	0	357
Raymond Elementary School	0	276