South Ohio News

There were 157 Hispanic students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 12.9% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Ross County, Chillicothe High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 33 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Chillicothe High School	4.3	761
Chillicothe Intermediate School	4.1	747
Chillicothe Primary School	5.4	542
Unioto High School	3.1	511
Adena Elementary School	2.3	561
Chillicothe Middle School	3.2	376
Unioto Elementary School	1.2	1,026
Zane Trace Elementary School	2.2	490
Unioto Middle School	0	482
Southeastern Elementary School	0	378
Adena Middle School	0	277
Huntington Elementary School	0	414
Zane Trace High School	0	311
Huntington Middle School	0	319
Zane Trace Middle School	0	361
Southeastern Middle School	0	291
Huntington High School	0	267
Paint Valley Elementary School	0	362
Adena High School	0	263
Southeastern High School	0	236
Buckskin Elementary School	0	221
Paint Valley High School	0	215
Paint Valley Middle School	0	164