South Ohio News

There were 4,219 students enrolled in Guernsey County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.2% of the county's student body, while the other 48.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 93.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Guernsey County schools, followed by multiracial students with 3.3%, 0.5% Hispanic students and 0.2% Black, Non-Hispanic students.

Cambridge High School had the highest enrollment among Guernsey County's 13 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 484 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Cambridge High School	519	484	-6.7
Cambridge Primary School	454	465	2.4
Buckeye Trail Elementary School	471	444	-5.7
Meadowbrook High School	404	406	0.5
Cambridge Middle School	401	398	-0.7
Cambridge Intermediate School	407	370	-9.1
Brook Intermediate School	317	339	6.9
Meadowbrook Middle School	357	337	-5.6
Buckeye Trail High School	264	259	-1.9
Buckeye Trail Middle School	221	234	5.9
Byesville Elementary School	209	211	1
Secrest Elementary School	181	154	-14.9
Pike Elementary School	122	118	-3.3