South Ohio News

There were 10,090 students enrolled in Scioto County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.3% of the county's student body, while the other 49.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 90.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Scioto County schools, followed by multiracial students with 3.9%, 1.8% Hispanic students, 1% Black, Non-Hispanic students and 0.1% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Portsmouth Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Scioto County's 29 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 774 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
Portsmouth Elementary School	808	774	-4.2
Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School	636	605	-4.9
Wheelersburg Middle School	612	600	-2
Northwest Elementary School	595	589	-1
Wheelersburg Elementary School	523	511	-2.3
Portsmouth West Elementary School	523	501	-4.2
Bloom-Vernon Elementary School	485	494	1.9
Minford Middle School	459	450	-2
Valley Elementary School	443	444	0.2
Wheelersburg High School	408	407	-0.2
Minford Primary Elementary School	417	406	-2.6
Sciotoville	351	392	11.7
Portsmouth West Middle School	367	364	-0.8
Minford High School	339	323	-4.7
Northwest High School	324	311	-4
Clay Elementary School	332	309	-6.9
South Webster Junior-Senior High School	295	299	1.4
Valley Middle School	310	293	-5.5
Portsmouth West High School	300	262	-12.7
Green Elementary School	158	262	65.8
Northwest Middle School	288	260	-9.7
Valley High School	229	234	2.2
Green High School	192	193	0.5
East Portsmouth Elementary School	154	163	5.8
Clay Middle School	136	146	7.4
Clay High School	143	142	-0.7
Glenwood High School	156	142	-9
Stanton Primary Elementary School	140	125	-10.7
Oak Intermediate Elementary School	94	89	-5.3