Lawrence County

Lawrence County is one of the reasonably sized secondary schools in Chesapeake, Ohio, one of the schools within Lawrence County, with 569 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

Lawrence County is the operating authority for Lawrence County, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Lawrence County logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lawrence County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lawrence County has 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.0:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lawrence County) logs that median household earnings sit near $58,325, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Lawrence County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,980 students), of which Lawrence County is one.

Chesapeake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

On the community side, the feed for Lawrence County typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.