Central Ohio Today

There were 273 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Union County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Union County welcomed 11,861 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 2.3% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 52 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	2.7	1,920
Marysville High School	4.3	995
Eversole Run Middle School	3.3	850
Creekview Intermediate Elementary School	3.1	818
Abraham Depp Elementary School	2.9	780
Bunsold Middle School	2.9	804
Mill Valley Elementary School	4.9	430
Navin Elementary School	3.8	474
Northwood Elementary School	2.2	625
Edgewood Elementary School	2.7	484
Glacier Ridge Elementary School	2.4	547
Fairbanks Middle School	0	237
Raymond Elementary School	0	253
North Union Middle School	0	349
North Union High School	0	378
Fairbanks High School	0	336
Fairbanks Elementary School	0	455
Marysville STEM Early College High School	0	468
North Union Elementary School	0	658