South Ohio News

There were 675 multiracial students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% 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, multiracial students comprised 7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Ross County, Chillicothe Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 108 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Chillicothe Intermediate School	14.5	747
Unioto Elementary School	10.4	1,026
Chillicothe High School	12.9	761
Chillicothe Primary School	17.7	542
Chillicothe Middle School	15.4	376
Unioto Middle School	7.5	482
Adena Elementary School	4.5	561
Unioto High School	4.3	511
Southeastern Elementary School	5.8	378
Adena Middle School	6.5	277
Huntington Elementary School	3.6	414
Zane Trace High School	4.8	311
Zane Trace Elementary School	2.7	490
Huntington Middle School	3.4	319
Zane Trace Middle School	3	361
Southeastern Middle School	3.4	291
Huntington High School	3.7	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