South Ohio News

There were 29 multiracial students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 20.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Pike County welcomed 4,278 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 0.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Pike County, Piketon Junior-Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	2.4	674
Jasper Elementary School	2.5	517
Waverly High School	0	484
Waverly Primary School	0	432
Waverly Junior High School	0	405
Waverly Intermediate School	0	366
Western High School	0	287
Western Primary School	0	234
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	0	195
Eastern Primary Elementary School	0	190
Eastern Middle School	0	180
Western Elementary School	0	158
Eastern High School	0	156