SE Ohio Times

There were 68 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Athens County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Athens County welcomed 6,339 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Athens County, Athens High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 23 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
Athens High School	3.5	659
The Plains Intermediate School	4.1	509
Athens Middle School	3.4	378
Morrison Gordon Elementary School	2.9	385
East Elementary School	0	364
Nelsonville-York Elementary School	0	511
Alexander Elementary School	0	700
Nelsonville-York Junior High School	0	253
Amesville Elementary School	0	210
Trimble Elementary School	0	346
Trimble Junior High School	0	190
Alexander Jr. / Senior High School	0	719
Nelsonville-York High School	0	284
Federal Hocking High School	0	226
Coolville Elementary School	0	211
Federal Hocking Middle School	0	204
Trimble High School	0	190