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There were 32 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Knox County welcomed 7,014 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.5% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 17 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	3.4	507
Mount Vernon Middle School	1.8	823
Centerburg High School	0	299
Wiggin Street Elementary School	0	218
Pleasant Street Elementary School	0	322
Centerburg Elementary School	0	462
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	0	391
Fredericktown Middle School	0	261
Dan Emmett Elementary School	0	250
Columbia Elementary School	0	253
Fredericktown High School	0	324
Centerburg Middle School	0	249
Danville High School	0	242
East Elementary School	0	230
Twin Oak Elementary School	0	371
Fredericktown Elementary School	0	557
Danville Elementary School	0	342
Mount Vernon High School	0	913