Tri County News

There were 119 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Shelby County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Shelby County welcomed 7,111 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Shelby County, Sidney High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 44 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
Sidney High School	6.1	725
Sidney Middle School	3.5	800
Longfellow Primary School	5.7	334
Northwood Intermediate School	4.1	444
Emerson Primary School	3	334
Fort Loramie Elementary School	0	389
Botkins Elementary School	0	327
Anna High School	0	296
Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School	0	264
Botkins High School	0	279
Fairlawn Elementary School	0	269
Fairlawn High School	0	242
Russia Elementary School	0	231
Jackson Center High School	0	176
Russia High School	0	173
Jacket Virtual Academy	0	44
Anna Middle School	0	258
Jackson Center Elementary School	0	329
Houston High School	0	284
Hardin Houston Elementary School	0	397
Anna Elementary School	0	516