Central Ohio Today

There were 80 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Pickaway County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Pickaway County welcomed 8,410 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Pickaway County, South Bloomfield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 33 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	5.9	558
Teays Valley High School	1.8	1,215
Logan Elm High School	1.6	804
Scioto Elementary School	1.9	644
Circleville Elementary School	0	1,057
Teays Valley West Middle School	0	546
Westfall Elementary School	0	633
Circleville Middle School	0	420
Circleville High School	0	483
Westfall Middle School	0	319
Teays Valley East Middle School	0	467
Walnut Elementary School	0	531
Ashville Elementary School	0	398
Westfall High School	0	335