South Ohio News

There were 4,234 students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Girls made up 50.1% of the county's student body, while the other 49.9% were boys.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 95.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Pike County schools, followed by multiracial students with 0.7% and 0.6% Black, Non-Hispanic students.

Piketon Junior-Senior High School had the highest enrollment among Pike County's 13 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 657 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
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	674	657	-2.5
Jasper Elementary School	517	508	-1.7
Waverly High School	484	450	-7
Waverly Primary School	432	447	3.5
Waverly Junior High School	405	383	-5.4
Waverly Intermediate School	366	377	3
Western High School	287	276	-3.8
Western Primary School	234	242	3.4
Eastern Primary Elementary School	190	205	7.9
Eastern Middle School	180	185	2.8
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	195	182	-6.7
Eastern High School	156	166	6.4
Western Elementary School	158	156	-1.3