South Ohio News

There were 103 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Lawrence County welcomed 8,302 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.2% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 33 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	10.2	322
Ironton Elementary School	3.9	620
South Point Elementary School	3.4	378
Ironton High School	3.3	365
South Point Middle School	3.5	310
Ironton Middle School	3.3	300
Rock Hill Elementary School	0	730
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	0	597
Rock Hill Senior High School	0	289
Dawson-Bryant High School	0	287
Rock Hill Middle School	0	261
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	0	81
Symmes Valley High School	0	162
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	0	257
Chesapeake High School	0	253
Symmes Valley Elementary School	0	568
Chesapeake Middle School	0	367
Fairland West Elementary School	0	319
Fairland High School	0	347
Fairland Middle School	0	334
Fairland East Elementary School	0	337
Chesapeake Elementary School	0	491
Burlington Elementary School	0	327