Central Ohio Today

There were 71 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Logan County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Logan County welcomed 5,667 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Logan County, Bellefontaine Elementary School and Bellefontaine High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 20 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
Bellefontaine Elementary School	3.3	602
Bellefontaine High School	3.2	622
Bellefontaine Intermediate School	3.5	461
Bellefontaine Middle School	3	497
Benjamin Logan High School	0	475
Benjamin Logan Elementary School	0	625
Benjamin Logan Middle School	0	487
Indian Lake Elementary School	0	539
Indian Lake High School	0	429
Riverside Elementary School	0	314
Indian Lake Middle School	0	396
Riverside High School	0	220