South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Brown County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 6,126 students attending Brown County schools, 95.2% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 2.2% of Brown County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Brown County, representing 95.4% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.3% when compared to the previous year.

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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
Russellville Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	98.5%	262
Eastern High School	Non-Hispanic White	98.4%	309
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	97.2%	176
Hamersville Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	97.1%	586
Sardinia Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	97.1%	274
Eastern Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	96.6%	232
Western Brown High School	Non-Hispanic White	96%	750
Mt. Orab Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95.6%	609
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.9%	752
Fayetteville-Perry High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.9%	198
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.8%	352
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.8%	274
Georgetown Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.7%	558
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.1%	204
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.2%	395
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	89.7%	195