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There were 31 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Knox County welcomed 7,140 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Knox County, East Knox Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 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
East Knox Elementary School	3.8	505
Mount Vernon Middle School	1.4	833
Mount Vernon High School	0	953
Fredericktown Elementary School	0	543
Danville Elementary School	0	363
Centerburg High School	0	293
Twin Oak Elementary School	0	358
Pleasant Street Elementary School	0	345
Wiggin Street Elementary School	0	212
Centerburg Elementary School	0	486
Centerburg Middle School	0	272
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	0	407
Fredericktown Middle School	0	259
Dan Emmett Elementary School	0	268
East Elementary School	0	232
Fredericktown High School	0	330
Columbia Elementary School	0	245
Danville High School	0	236