South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Guernsey County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2023-24 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 4,219 students attending Guernsey County schools, 93.6% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 3.3% of Guernsey County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Guernsey County, representing 94.2% of the student body.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.5% when compared to the previous year.

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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
Buckeye Trail High School	Non-Hispanic White	97.7%	259
Buckeye Trail Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	97%	234
Secrest Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.8%	154
Meadowbrook Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	96.4%	337
Buckeye Trail Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.9%	444
Pike Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.8%	118
Meadowbrook High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.6%	406
Byesville Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.4%	211
Brook Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	92.6%	339
Cambridge High School	Non-Hispanic White	91.9%	484
Cambridge Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	91.5%	398
Cambridge Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	91.4%	370
Cambridge Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	88.8%	465