South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Pike 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 4,234 students attending Pike County schools, 95.3% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 0.7% of Pike County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Pike County, representing 95.8% of the student body.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1% 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
Western Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	98.8%	242
Western High School	Non-Hispanic White	98.2%	276
Western Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	97.4%	156
Eastern Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	97.3%	185
Eastern Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.6%	205
Jasper Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.9%	508
Eastern High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.2%	166
Waverly Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.9%	447
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.5%	182
Waverly Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	94.4%	377
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.2%	657
Waverly High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.2%	450
Waverly Junior High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.7%	383