South Ohio News

There were 787 students enrolled in Paint Valley Local Schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as in the previous year, according to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.2% of them were boys, and 48.8% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 95.7% of the Paint Valley Local Schools total enrollment.

Paint Valley Local Schools roughly covers three schools within Ross County and has a main office in Bainbridge.

Among the three schools in Paint Valley Local Schools, Paint Valley Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 390 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
Paint Valley Middle School	188	157	-16.5%
Paint Valley High School	218	240	10.1%
Paint Valley Elementary School	381	390	2.4%