Central Ohio Today

There were 58 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Champaign County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 13.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Champaign County welcomed 5,954 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 32 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	3.7	865
Urbana High School	2.7	476
Urbana Junior High School	3.3	392
Graham Elementary School	0	749
Graham Middle School	0	374
Graham High School	0	398
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School	0	506
Dohron Wilson Elementary School	0	379
Triad Elementary School	0	329
West Liberty-Salem Middle School	0	279
West Liberty-Salem Middle/High School	0	348
Mechanicsburg Middle School	0	195
Triad Middle School	0	234
Mechanicsburg High School	0	233
Triad High School	0	197