South Ohio News

There were 301 multiracial students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.2% 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, multiracial students comprised 3.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Lawrence County, Ironton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 56 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Ironton Elementary School	9	620
Ironton High School	10.4	365
Burlington Elementary School	7.6	327
South Point Elementary School	6.6	378
South Point High School	7.1	322
Chesapeake Elementary School	4.5	491
Ironton Middle School	6.7	300
South Point Middle School	6.5	310
Fairland East Elementary School	4.7	337
Fairland Middle School	3.9	334
Fairland High School	3.7	347
Fairland West Elementary School	3.1	319
Chesapeake Middle School	2.7	367
Symmes Valley Elementary School	1.8	568
Chesapeake High School	0	253
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	0	257
Symmes Valley High School	0	162
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	0	81
Rock Hill Middle School	0	261
Dawson-Bryant High School	0	287
Rock Hill Senior High School	0	289
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	0	597
Rock Hill Elementary School	0	730