Black River Career Prep High School

Black River Career Prep High School is one of the tiny four-year high schools in Elyria, Ohio, overseen by Black River Career Prep High School, with 182 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Black River Career Prep High School sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Black River Career Prep High School answers to Black River Career Prep High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Black River Career Prep High School reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Black, 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Lorain County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Black River Career Prep High School logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lorain County shows median household earnings sit near $73,347, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lorain County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), of which Black River Career Prep High School is one.

Vincent Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. As a public charter, Black River Career Prep High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Black River Career Prep High School's enrollment has ticked up 69% since 2018, when it stood at 108 (now 182). Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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