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The majority of students in Muskingum County districts were non-Hispanic white in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 13,272 students attending Muskingum County district schools, 85.9% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity among the county's schools (8.9%).

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Muskingum County districts, representing 86.2% of the student body.

East Muskingum Local Schools had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 94.2% non-Hispanic white, 3.2% multiracial, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.6% non-Hispanic Black and 0.6% Asian or Pacific Islander.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county increased 0.2% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Muskingum County.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	Most prevalent ethnicity	% of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Franklin Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	95.4%	1,816
East Muskingum Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	94.2%	2,053
Tri-Valley Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	91.6%	2,923
Maysville Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	89.7%	1,968
West Muskingum Local Schools	Non-Hispanic White	88.5%	1,532
Zanesville City	Non-Hispanic White	64.9%	2,980