South Ohio News

There were 6,456 students enrolled in Highland County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.6% of the county's student body, while the other 49.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 91.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Highland County schools, followed by multiracial students with 4.5%, 0.7% Hispanic students and 0.4% Black, Non-Hispanic students.

Hillsboro High School had the highest enrollment among Highland County's 18 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 607 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
Hillsboro High School	632	607	-4
Greenfield Elementary School	573	558	-2.6
McClain High School	527	545	3.4
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School	523	506	-3.3
Hillsboro Middle School	483	487	0.8
Bright Elementary School	459	438	-4.6
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center	441	435	-1.4
Fairfield Local Elementary School	447	430	-3.8
Greenfield Middle School	400	378	-5.5
Hillsboro Primary School	310	355	14.5
Hillsboro Intermediate School	316	308	-2.5
Lynchburg-Clay High School	301	267	-11.3
Fairfield Local High School	249	238	-4.4
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School	234	230	-1.7
Rainsboro Elementary School	197	215	9.1
Fairfield Local Middle School	199	206	3.5
Whiteoak High School	173	166	-4
Whiteoak Junior High School	82	87	6.1