OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education
OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.
Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 88.7% of the Lexington Local Schools total enrollment.
Lexington Local Schools roughly covers five schools within Richland County and has a main office in Lexington.
Among the five schools in Lexington Local Schools, Lexington High School recorded the highest enrollment of 709 students in the 2022-23 school year.
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 | Total enrollment in 2021-2022 | Total enrollment in 2022-2023 | % Change |
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Western Elementary School | 345 | 341 | -1.2% |
Lexington Junior High School | 374 | 362 | -3.2% |
Lexington High School | 721 | 709 | -1.7% |
Eastern Elementary School | 475 | 477 | 0.4% |
Central Elementary School | 358 | 351 | -2% |