Licking Today

There were 117 Hispanic students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 12.5% 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, Hispanic students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Knox County, Mount Vernon High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 40 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mount Vernon High School	4.4	913
Mount Vernon Middle School	3.3	823
East Knox Elementary School	2.8	507
Danville Elementary School	3.8	342
Fredericktown Elementary School	2.2	557
Twin Oak Elementary School	3	371
East Elementary School	0	230
Danville High School	0	242
Centerburg Middle School	0	249
Fredericktown High School	0	324
Columbia Elementary School	0	253
Dan Emmett Elementary School	0	250
Fredericktown Middle School	0	261
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	0	391
Centerburg Elementary School	0	462
Pleasant Street Elementary School	0	322
Wiggin Street Elementary School	0	218
Centerburg High School	0	299