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There were 7,140 students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.3% of the county's student body, while the other 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 91.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Knox County schools, followed by multiracial students with 3.5%, 1.5% Hispanic students and 0.4% Black, Non-Hispanic students.

Mount Vernon High School had the highest enrollment among Knox County's 18 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 953 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Mount Vernon High School	964	953	-1.1
Mount Vernon Middle School	883	833	-5.7
Fredericktown Elementary School	519	543	4.6
East Knox Elementary School	479	505	5.4
Centerburg Elementary School	473	486	2.7
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	408	407	-0.2
Danville Elementary School	350	363	3.7
Twin Oak Elementary School	366	358	-2.2
Pleasant Street Elementary School	344	345	0.3
Fredericktown High School	332	330	-0.6
Centerburg High School	301	293	-2.7
Centerburg Middle School	276	272	-1.4
Dan Emmett Elementary School	269	268	-0.4
Fredericktown Middle School	292	259	-11.3
Columbia Elementary School	243	245	0.8
Danville High School	241	236	-2.1
East Elementary School	237	232	-2.1
Wiggin Street Elementary School	205	212	3.4