South Ohio News

There were 777 first grade students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe Primary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 184 students.

Within Ross County schools, the highest student count was found in fifth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Ross County ranked 36th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 9,786 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 37th the year before.

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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe Primary School	184	32.7	562
Unioto Elementary School	155	15.2	1,020
Adena Elementary School	95	19.2	495
Zane Trace Elementary School	91	19.4	469
Huntington Elementary School	90	22.4	402
Southeastern Elementary School	72	19.7	365
Paint Valley Elementary School	62	15.9	390
Buckskin Elementary School	28	14.1	198
Chillicothe High School	0	0	799
Chillicothe Middle School	0	0	394
Chillicothe Intermediate School	0	0	768
Adena High School	0	0	268
Adena Middle School	0	0	375
Huntington High School	0	0	236
Huntington Middle School	0	0	351
Paint Valley Middle School	0	0	157
Paint Valley High School	0	0	239
Southeastern Middle School	0	0	299
Southeastern High School	0	0	246
Unioto High School	0	0	516
Unioto Middle School	0	0	490
Zane Trace Middle School	0	0	392
Zane Trace High School	0	0	349