South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Pike County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 4,278 students attending Pike County schools, 95.8% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 0.7% of Pike County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Pike County, representing 95.9% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.5% when compared to the previous 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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
Western Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	99.4%	158
Western High School	Non-Hispanic White	98.3%	287
Western Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	97.9%	234
Eastern Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	97.2%	180
Eastern Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.3%	190
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.9%	195
Jasper Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.7%	517
Waverly Junior High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.6%	405
Waverly Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.4%	432
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	674
Eastern High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.9%	156
Waverly High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.4%	484
Waverly Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	94.3%	366