SE Ohio Times

There were 262 multiracial students enrolled in Athens County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Athens County welcomed 6,267 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Athens County, Athens High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 38 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
Athens High School	5.8	658
Nelsonville-York Elementary School	6	501
The Plains Intermediate School	5.5	529
Alexander Elementary School	3.9	696
Morrison Gordon Elementary School	6.4	393
East Elementary School	6.3	348
Athens Middle School	5.8	360
Amesville Elementary School	10.1	188
Alexander Jr. / Senior High School	2.1	707
Nelsonville-York Junior High School	5.8	242
Nelsonville-York High School	4.1	291
Trimble Junior High School	5.3	190
Trimble Elementary School	0	345
Coolville Elementary School	0	220
Federal Hocking High School	0	206
Federal Hocking Middle School	0	200
Trimble High School	0	193