South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Ross 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 9,575 students attending Ross County schools, 87.2% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 7% of Ross County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Ross County, representing 87.5% of the student body.

Chillicothe High School had the most diverse student body in Ross County including Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, multiracial and non-Hispanic white.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.2% 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
Buckskin Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.9%	221
Paint Valley Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	362
Huntington Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	319
Southeastern High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	236
Southeastern Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95.2%	291
Huntington High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.8%	267
Paint Valley Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	94.5%	164
Paint Valley High School	Non-Hispanic White	94%	215
Zane Trace Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.7%	490
Huntington Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.7%	414
Zane Trace High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.6%	311
Zane Trace Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	93.4%	361
Southeastern Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92.9%	378
Adena High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.4%	263
Adena Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92%	561
Adena Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	91.7%	277
Unioto Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	90%	482
Unioto High School	Non-Hispanic White	89.2%	511
Unioto Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	85.4%	1,026
Chillicothe High School	Non-Hispanic White	75%	761
Chillicothe Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	74.7%	376
Chillicothe Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	72.6%	747
Chillicothe Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	70.3%	542