South Ohio News

There were 721 sixth grade students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe Intermediate School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 179 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe Intermediate School	179	23.3	768
Unioto Middle School	163	33.3	490
Zane Trace Middle School	93	23.7	392
Adena Middle School	89	23.7	375
Huntington Middle School	76	21.7	351
Southeastern Middle School	66	22.1	299
Paint Valley Middle School	55	35	157
Unioto Elementary School	0	0	1,020
Paint Valley Elementary School	0	0	390
Buckskin Elementary School	0	0	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 High School	0	0	239
Southeastern High School	0	0	246
Unioto High School	0	0	516
Zane Trace High School	0	0	349