South Ohio News

There were 679 students enrolled in Western Local Schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 98.4% of the Western Local Schools total enrollment.

Western Local Schools roughly covers three schools within Pike County and has a main office in Latham.

Among the three schools in Western Local Schools, Western High School recorded the highest enrollment of 287 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
Western Primary School	238	234	-1.7%
Western High School	296	287	-3%
Western Elementary School	155	158	1.9%