Marion-Morrow Times

There were 543 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.2% 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, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 4.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Marion County, TRECA Digital Academy recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 213 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
TRECA Digital Academy	10.7	1,992
Harding High School	9	988
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	8	974
Marion Preparatory Academy	10	259
William H. Taft Elementary School	6.3	397
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	4.8	392
George Washington Elementary School	3.8	447
James A. Garfield Elementary School	4.5	377
River Valley Middle School	3.3	452
William McKinley Elementary School	3.9	356
Buckeye Community School - Marion	2.7	367
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	4.4	229
Heritage Elementary School	2	495
Pleasant Elementary School	0	468
Elgin Elementary School	0	486
Pleasant High School	0	312
Liberty Elementary School	0	443
Elgin High School	0	253
River Valley High School	0	502
Ridgedale Elementary School	0	313
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	0	306
Pleasant Middle School	0	421
Elgin Middle School	0	258
River Valley Virtual School	0	17