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There were 6,427 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% less 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 white students comprised 91.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Knox County, Mount Vernon High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 805 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mount Vernon High School	88.2	913
Mount Vernon Middle School	89.1	823
Fredericktown Elementary School	94.6	557
East Knox Elementary School	90.5	507
Centerburg Elementary School	95	462
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	93.6	391
Twin Oak Elementary School	90.6	371
Danville Elementary School	93.3	342
Fredericktown High School	94.4	324
Pleasant Street Elementary School	92.5	322
Centerburg High School	90.3	299
Fredericktown Middle School	92.3	261
Centerburg Middle School	94.4	249
Columbia Elementary School	91.3	253
Danville High School	94.6	242
Dan Emmett Elementary School	91.6	250
East Elementary School	90	230
Wiggin Street Elementary School	90.4	218