South Ohio News

There were 8,566 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ross County welcomed 9,786 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 87.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Ross County, Unioto Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 885 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
Unioto Elementary School	86.8	1,019
Chillicothe High School	76.5	799
Chillicothe Intermediate School	73.6	768
Unioto High School	88.6	517
Adena Elementary School	90.9	495
Zane Trace Elementary School	93.6	470
Unioto Middle School	89	489
Chillicothe Primary School	71.5	562
Huntington Elementary School	93.8	403
Paint Valley Elementary School	95.4	390
Zane Trace Middle School	93.9	393
Southeastern Elementary School	94.2	364
Adena Middle School	91.2	375
Zane Trace High School	94.6	350
Huntington Middle School	94	352
Southeastern Middle School	95.3	299
Chillicothe Middle School	71.1	394
Adena High School	93.3	270
Southeastern High School	96.3	246
Paint Valley High School	97.1	240
Huntington High School	96.6	236
Buckskin Elementary School	96.5	198
Paint Valley Middle School	94.3	157