Ralph C Starkey (Cjcf)

Ralph C Starkey (Cjcf) is a public high school in Circleville, Ohio. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 108 students. Against the 565-student average for high schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 81% lower.

District-wide, Buckeye United School District has 3 schools and 354 students.

At 80%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Ralph C Starkey (Cjcf) combined. It is also 16% White and 4% Hispanic. Pickaway County's residents are about 3% Black, 76 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Ralph C Starkey (Cjcf) comes in at 34%.

Dividing enrollment by its 18 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 6.0:1. Among high schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.7:1. Eligible students account for 97% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Pickaway County.

Pickaway County has about 60,131 residents, and median household income is about $74,040, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 22 public schools in Pickaway County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,815.

Circleville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Ralph C Starkey (Cjcf) saw enrollment rise 37% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 4.2 to 6.0 over 4 years.

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