South Ohio News

There were 113 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Lawrence County welcomed 8,414 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Lawrence County, South Point High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 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
South Point High School	9.3	324
Ironton Elementary School	3.8	657
South Point Middle School	6	332
Ironton High School	4.9	371
Chesapeake Elementary School	2	491
Ironton Middle School	3.4	292
South Point Elementary School	0	370
Burlington Elementary School	0	319
Fairland East Elementary School	0	349
Fairland Middle School	0	337
Chesapeake Middle School	0	379
Fairland High School	0	380
Symmes Valley Elementary School	0	573
Fairland West Elementary School	0	347
Rock Hill Elementary School	0	716
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	0	572
Dawson-Bryant High School	0	294
Rock Hill Middle School	0	282
Rock Hill Senior High School	0	283
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	0	256
Chesapeake High School	0	258
Symmes Valley High School	0	162
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	0	70