Tri County News

There were 6,349 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Shelby County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Shelby County welcomed 7,205 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 88.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Shelby County, Sidney Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 626 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
Sidney Middle School	76.9	814
Sidney High School	78.9	745
Anna Elementary School	93.1	521
Fort Loramie Elementary School	96.8	406
Hardin Houston Elementary School	94.2	395
Botkins Elementary School	94.1	340
Jackson Center Elementary School	95.7	323
Northwood Intermediate School	71.4	427
Anna High School	95.7	304
Houston High School	93.8	306
Fairlawn Elementary School	96.5	285
Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School	99.2	265
Botkins High School	93.5	275
Emerson Primary School	76.3	333
Fairlawn High School	98.8	251
Anna Middle School	93.1	260
Longfellow Primary School	71.6	334
Russia Elementary School	95.5	222
Russia High School	96.1	179
Jackson Center High School	97.7	174
Jacket Virtual Academy	89.1	46