South Ohio News

There were 27 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 28.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Pike County welcomed 4,234 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Pike County, Waverly Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 14 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	% of non-Hispanic Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Waverly Junior High School	3.7	383
Waverly Primary School	2.9	447
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	0	657
Jasper Elementary School	0	508
Waverly High School	0	450
Waverly Intermediate School	0	377
Western High School	0	276
Western Primary School	0	242
Eastern Primary Elementary School	0	205
Eastern Middle School	0	185
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	0	182
Eastern High School	0	166
Western Elementary School	0	156