There were 46,304 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Franklin County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.
Data showed that Franklin County school districts welcomed 169,599 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 27.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county’s school districts.
Among the 16 school districts in Franklin County, Columbus City School District recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 23,438 students.
The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Franklin County.
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.
| District | % of Black, Non-Hispanic students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus City School District | 52.1% | 44,981 |
| Groveport Madison Local Schools | 49.6% | 6,197 |
| Whitehall City | 43.5% | 3,166 |
| Reynoldsburg City | 39.5% | 7,147 |
| Canal Winchester Local Schools | 30.1% | 3,709 |
| Gahanna-Jefferson City | 27.9% | 7,973 |
| Westerville City | 26.4% | 14,231 |
| South-Western City | 17.1% | 21,742 |
| Hamilton Local Schools | 15% | 3,084 |
| New Albany-Plain Local Schools | 11.1% | 4,994 |
| Worthington City | 10.9% | 10,523 |
| Hilliard City | 8.7% | 15,889 |
| Dublin City | 6.1% | 15,939 |
| Bexley City | 5.9% | 2,489 |
| Upper Arlington City | 1.7% | 6,392 |
| Grandview Heights Schools | 1.1% | 1,143 |
