Marion-Morrow Times

There were 538 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Marion County welcomed 11,419 students during the 2023-24 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 23 schools in Marion County, TRECA Digital Academy recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 217 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	2,024
Harding High School	8.4	902
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	6.7	905
William H. Taft Elementary School	8.2	404
Marion Preparatory Academy	13.7	183
Buckeye Community School - Marion	3.7	508
George Washington Elementary School	4.1	442
James A. Garfield Elementary School	4.8	374
William McKinley Elementary School	4.6	392
River Valley High School	3.1	450
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	3.9	363
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	5	262
River Valley Middle School	2.5	476
Elgin High School	0	251
Heritage Elementary School	0	499
Pleasant High School	0	333
Pleasant Elementary School	0	492
Elgin Elementary School	0	465
Liberty Elementary School	0	413
Elgin Middle School	0	253
Ridgedale Elementary School	0	315
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	0	301
Pleasant Middle School	0	412