SE Ohio Times

There were 118 multiracial students enrolled in Hocking County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 78.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Hocking County welcomed 4,271 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in Hocking County, Laurelville Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 34 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
Laurelville Elementary School	4.1	836
Logan High School	2.8	996
Logan-Hocking Middle School	2.5	1,044
Central Elementary School	3.6	414
Chieftain Elementary School	4.1	364
Green Elementary School	0	312
Union Furnace Elementary School	0	186
Hocking Hills Elementary School	0	119