South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Lawrence 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 8,414 students attending Lawrence County schools, 92.6% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 3.7% of Lawrence County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Lawrence County, representing 92.7% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.7% 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
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	99%	572
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	98.8%	256
Rock Hill Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	98.6%	282
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	Non-Hispanic White	98.6%	70
Rock Hill Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	98.3%	716
Rock Hill Senior High School	Non-Hispanic White	97.2%	283
Symmes Valley Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.9%	573
Symmes Valley High School	Non-Hispanic White	96.9%	162
Dawson-Bryant High School	Non-Hispanic White	96.6%	294
Chesapeake High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	258
Chesapeake Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	94.7%	379
Fairland Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	94.1%	337
Fairland West Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.9%	347
Fairland High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.7%	380
Fairland East Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.4%	349
Chesapeake Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91.9%	491
Ironton Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	89%	292
Burlington Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	88.1%	319
South Point Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	85.7%	370
Ironton Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	85.5%	657
South Point Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	84.6%	332
Ironton High School	Non-Hispanic White	82.5%	371
South Point High School	Non-Hispanic White	80.6%	324