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There were 7,430 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Belmont County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Belmont County welcomed 8,242 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 90.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Belmont County, Union Local Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 568 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
Union Local Elementary School	95	598
St. Clairsville Elementary School	86.8	627
Barnesville Elementary School	97	528
St. Clairsville Middle School	88.1	512
Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School	82.7	537
Barnesville Middle School	97.1	421
Bellaire Elementary School	82.5	491
St. Clairsville High School	89	455
Union Local High School	96.6	387
Martins Ferry Middle School	85	401
Barnesville High School	96.7	337
Union Local Middle School	94.8	326
Martins Ferry High School	84.8	363
The Bridgeport School District - Elementary	84.4	352
Bellaire Middle School	88.1	335
Shadyside High School	94.2	277
Bellaire High School	82.6	293
Jefferson Ave Elementary School	93.9	230
The Bridgeport School DIstrict - Middle School	91	223
Powhatan Elementary School	97.5	197
Leona Ave Middle School	96.2	184
The Bridgeport School District - High School	89.9	168