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Air Toxics at School 2018

Basic state info

State: OH
Number of schools: 5,011
Number of public schools: 3,670
Number of private schools: 1,021
Number of higher ed schools: 320
Average toxic hazard at schools: 11,531

This state's average toxic air hazard at schools is 2.49 times the national average at schools.

Top 5 facilities by number of schools affected in state

(Table ranks facilities by the number of schools in the state where the facility's pollution creates a Toxic Hazard of at least 0.01)

Facility
Parent Company
# Schools
EMERALD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS LLCAmerican Securities1,135
AURORA PLASTICS INCAURORA PLASTICS LLC.1,068
CLEVELAND STEEL CONTAINER CORP - STREETSBORO PLANTCLEVELAND STEEL CONTAINER CORP1,058
KYOCERA SGS PRECISION TOOLS INCKyocera1,058
MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALSMorgan Advanced Materials1,050
(click here to expand list to all facilities by number of schools affected in state)

Top 5 chemicals by number of schools affected in state

(Table ranks chemicals by the number of schools in the state where the chemical creates a Toxic Hazard of at least 0.01)

Chemical
# Schools
Manganese compounds4,945
Manganese4,893
Chromium4,872
Chromium compounds4,859
Nickel4,836
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Individual schools

Schrop Intermediate SchoolAkronOH2,088.0829th62nd
Spring Hill ElementaryAkronOH1,687.6332nd67th
Springfield Junior/Senior High SchoolAkronOH1,450.8834th70th
Young Elementary SchoolAkronOH1,395.5634th71st
Buckeye West Elementary SchoolAdenaOH1,166.3037th74th
GLEN ROCK SCHOOLADAMSVILLEOH5,376.8315th40th
Adamsville Elementary SchoolAdamsvilleOH3,169.9322nd53rd
Ada Elementary SchoolAdaOH2,995.7323rd55th
Ada High SchoolAdaOH2,995.7323rd55th
Ohio Northern UniversityAdaOH2,830.6424th56th
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle SchoolAberdeenOH201.1266th98th