South Ohio News

There were 4,278 students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.8% of the county's student body, while the other 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 95.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Pike County schools, followed by multiracial students with 0.7% and 0.5% Black, Non-Hispanic students.

Piketon Junior-Senior High School had the highest enrollment among Pike County's 13 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 674 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
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	675	674	-0.1
Jasper Elementary School	497	517	4
Waverly High School	476	484	1.7
Waverly Primary School	417	432	3.6
Waverly Junior High School	436	405	-7.1
Waverly Intermediate School	385	366	-4.9
Western High School	296	287	-3
Western Primary School	238	234	-1.7
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	197	195	-1
Eastern Primary Elementary School	208	190	-8.7
Eastern Middle School	187	180	-3.7
Western Elementary School	155	158	1.9
Eastern High School	174	156	-10.3