Tri County News

There were 6,199 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Shelby County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% 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 white students comprised 87.2% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 596 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	74.5	800
Sidney High School	75.9	725
Anna Elementary School	92.1	516
Fort Loramie Elementary School	97.2	389
Hardin Houston Elementary School	92.7	397
Northwood Intermediate School	73.2	444
Jackson Center Elementary School	95.1	329
Botkins Elementary School	94.8	327
Anna High School	94.9	296
Houston High School	93	284
Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School	99.6	264
Botkins High School	93.5	279
Fairlawn Elementary School	95.2	269
Emerson Primary School	74.6	334
Anna Middle School	93.4	258
Fairlawn High School	97.9	242
Longfellow Primary School	70.7	334
Russia Elementary School	96.5	231
Jackson Center High School	96	176
Russia High School	95.4	173
Jacket Virtual Academy	88.6	44