South Ohio News

There were 6,054 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Highland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Highland County welcomed 6,546 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 92.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Highland County, Hillsboro High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 569 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	% of non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Hillsboro High School	90	632
Greenfield Elementary School	93.4	573
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School	94.6	523
McClain High School	92.4	527
Fairfield Local Elementary School	96	447
Bright Elementary School	93.5	459
Hillsboro Middle School	88.4	483
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center	89.8	441
Greenfield Middle School	93	400
Lynchburg-Clay High School	95.7	301
Hillsboro Primary School	91	310
Hillsboro Intermediate School	88	316
Fairfield Local High School	93.6	249
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School	94	234
Fairfield Local Middle School	95.5	199
Rainsboro Elementary School	91.4	197
Whiteoak High School	96	173
Whiteoak Junior High School	95.1	82