South Ohio News

There were 198 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 10% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Ross County welcomed 9,575 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Ross County, Chillicothe Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 61 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
Chillicothe Intermediate School	8.2	747
Chillicothe High School	6.4	761
Chillicothe Primary School	6.1	542
Chillicothe Middle School	6.1	376
Unioto Elementary School	1.8	1,026
Unioto High School	2.7	511
Paint Valley Middle School	0	164
Paint Valley High School	0	215
Buckskin Elementary School	0	221
Southeastern High School	0	236
Adena High School	0	263
Paint Valley Elementary School	0	362
Huntington High School	0	267
Southeastern Middle School	0	291
Zane Trace Middle School	0	361
Huntington Middle School	0	319
Zane Trace Elementary School	0	490
Zane Trace High School	0	311
Huntington Elementary School	0	414
Adena Middle School	0	277
Southeastern Elementary School	0	378
Adena Elementary School	0	561
Unioto Middle School	0	482