Marion-Morrow Times

There were 899 multiracial students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Marion County welcomed 11,504 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 7.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Marion County, TRECA Digital Academy recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 155 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
TRECA Digital Academy	7.8	1,992
Harding High School	11.5	988
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	10.1	974
George Washington Elementary School	17.2	447
William H. Taft Elementary School	14.9	397
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	13.5	392
William McKinley Elementary School	14.6	356
James A. Garfield Elementary School	10.6	377
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	13.5	229
River Valley High School	5	502
Liberty Elementary School	5.4	443
Elgin Elementary School	4.7	486
Heritage Elementary School	4.6	495
River Valley Middle School	5.1	452
Buckeye Community School - Marion	6	367
Ridgedale Elementary School	7	313
Marion Preparatory Academy	8.1	259
Pleasant Elementary School	3.2	468
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	3.9	306
Pleasant Middle School	2.4	421
Pleasant High School	0	312
Elgin Middle School	0	258
Elgin High School	0	253
River Valley Virtual School	0	17