South Ohio News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Scioto 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 10,090 students attending Scioto County schools, 90.9% were non-Hispanic white. Multiracial students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 3.9% of Scioto County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Scioto County, representing 91.3% of the student body.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.4% 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
Minford Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	99.3%	406
Minford High School	Non-Hispanic White	98.8%	323
Minford Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	98.4%	450
Northwest High School	Non-Hispanic White	97.7%	311
Northwest Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	97.7%	260
Bloom-Vernon Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	97.6%	494
Green High School	Non-Hispanic White	97.4%	193
Northwest Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	97.3%	589
South Webster Junior-Senior High School	Non-Hispanic White	97.3%	299
Green Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96.9%	262
Clay Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.1%	309
Valley Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	94.5%	293
Stanton Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.4%	125
Portsmouth West High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.3%	262
Valley Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.5%	444
Valley High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.2%	234
Clay High School	Non-Hispanic White	93%	142
Wheelersburg High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.9%	407
Wheelersburg Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	92%	600
Portsmouth West Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91.8%	501
Portsmouth West Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	91.8%	364
Wheelersburg Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91.4%	511
Oak Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91%	89
Clay Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	89.7%	146
East Portsmouth Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	88.3%	163
Sciotoville	Non-Hispanic White	86.5%	392
Glenwood High School	Non-Hispanic White	83.1%	142
Portsmouth Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	70.3%	774
Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School	Non-Hispanic White	67.3%	605