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There were 6,552 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Knox County welcomed 7,140 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 91.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Knox County, Mount Vernon High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 841 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
Mount Vernon High School	88.2	953
Mount Vernon Middle School	89.6	833
Fredericktown Elementary School	94.5	543
Centerburg Elementary School	95.5	486
East Knox Elementary School	91.5	505
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	94.1	407
Danville Elementary School	92.8	363
Twin Oak Elementary School	92.7	358
Pleasant Street Elementary School	91.9	345
Fredericktown High School	93.3	330
Centerburg High School	89.1	293
Centerburg Middle School	93.8	272
Fredericktown Middle School	94.2	259
Dan Emmett Elementary School	90.3	268
Columbia Elementary School	93.9	245
Danville High School	91.9	236
East Elementary School	90.1	232
Wiggin Street Elementary School	90.1	212