South Ohio News

There were 835 fifth grade students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe Intermediate School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 207 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe Intermediate School	207	27	768
Unioto Elementary School	163	16	1,020
Zane Trace Middle School	106	27	392
Adena Middle School	101	26.9	375
Huntington Middle School	88	25.1	351
Southeastern Middle School	75	25.1	299
Paint Valley Elementary School	64	16.4	390
Buckskin Elementary School	31	15.7	198
Adena Elementary School	0	0	495
Zane Trace Elementary School	0	0	469
Southeastern Elementary School	0	0	365
Huntington Elementary School	0	0	402
Chillicothe Primary School	0	0	562
Chillicothe High School	0	0	799
Chillicothe Middle School	0	0	394
Adena High School	0	0	268
Huntington High School	0	0	236
Paint Valley Middle School	0	0	157
Paint Valley High School	0	0	239
Southeastern High School	0	0	246
Unioto High School	0	0	516
Unioto Middle School	0	0	490
Zane Trace High School	0	0	349