Vacationland Times

There were 50 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Huron County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 42.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Huron County school districts welcomed 9,304 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

Among the eight school districts in Huron County, Norwalk City recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 29 students.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Huron 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
Plymouth-Shiloh Local Schools	1.6%	643
Norwalk City	1.2%	2,474
Willard City	0.9%	1,238
Monroeville Local Schools	0%	561
South Central Local Schools	0%	740
New London Local Schools	0%	875
Western Reserve Local Schools	0%	994
Bellevue City	0%	1,779