Central Ohio Today

There were 108 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Madison County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 24.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Madison County welcomed 6,415 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.7% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 41 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	4.3	944
London High School	5.1	564
London MIddle School	5.7	460
Buckeye Community School - London	4.3	280
Plain City Elementary School	0	675
Norwood Elementary School	0	430
Jonathan Alder High School	0	589
Madison-Plains Intermediate School	0	271
Madison-Plains Elementary School	0	332
Jonathan Alder Junior High School	0	320
Monroe Elementary School	0	244
Canaan Middle School	0	355
West Jefferson High School	0	248
Madison-Plains High School	0	299
West Jefferson Middle School	0	236
Madison-Plains Junior High School	0	168