South Ohio News

There were 6,546 students enrolled in Highland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.5% of the county's student body, while the other 49.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 92.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Highland County schools, followed by multiracial students with 4.3% and 0.6% Hispanic students.

Hillsboro High School had the highest enrollment among Highland County's 18 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 632 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Hillsboro High School	648	632	-2.5
Greenfield Elementary School	541	573	5.9
McClain High School	538	527	-2
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School	503	523	4
Hillsboro Middle School	487	483	-0.8
Bright Elementary School	437	459	5
Fairfield Local Elementary School	431	447	3.7
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center	431	441	2.3
Greenfield Middle School	420	400	-4.8
Hillsboro Intermediate School	306	316	3.3
Hillsboro Primary School	297	310	4.4
Lynchburg-Clay High School	302	301	-0.3
Fairfield Local High School	258	249	-3.5
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School	252	234	-7.1
Fairfield Local Middle School	207	199	-3.9
Rainsboro Elementary School	198	197	-0.5
Whiteoak High School	168	173	3
Whiteoak Junior High School	96	82	-14.6