SE Ohio Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Hocking 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 3,803 students attending Hocking County schools, 95.3% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 1.7% of Hocking County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Hocking County, representing 95.8% of the student body.

Logan-Hocking Middle School had the most diverse student body in Hocking County including Hispanic, multiracial and non-Hispanic white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 1% 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
Chieftain Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.3%	380
Green Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.2%	314
Logan High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.9%	976
Union Furnace Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.6%	205
Logan-Hocking Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95.4%	1,074
Central Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.8%	420
Laurelville Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92.8%	291
Hocking Hills Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92.3%	143