South Ohio News

There were 1,207 students enrolled in Northwest Local Schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 97.5% of the Northwest Local Schools total enrollment.

Northwest Local Schools roughly covers three schools within Scioto County and has a main office in Mc Dermott.

Among the three schools in Northwest Local Schools, Northwest Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 595 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 2021-2022	Total enrollment in 2022-2023	% Change
Northwest Middle School	317	288	-9.1%
Northwest High School	330	324	-1.8%
Northwest Elementary School	572	595	4%