South Ohio News

There were 397 multiracial students enrolled in Scioto County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Scioto County welcomed 10,090 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 29 schools in Scioto County, Portsmouth Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 115 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
Portsmouth Elementary School	14.9	774
Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School	16.2	605
Sciotoville	8.9	392
Wheelersburg Elementary School	5.1	511
Portsmouth West Elementary School	4.2	501
Wheelersburg Middle School	2.5	600
Glenwood High School	10.6	142
Portsmouth West Middle School	4.1	364
Valley Elementary School	3.2	444
Wheelersburg High School	2.9	407
Valley Middle School	3.8	293
Clay Middle School	6.8	146
Valley High School	4.3	234
Green Elementary School	0	262
Portsmouth West High School	0	262
Green High School	0	193
East Portsmouth Elementary School	0	163
Clay High School	0	142
Stanton Primary Elementary School	0	125
Oak Intermediate Elementary School	0	89
Northwest Middle School	0	260
South Webster Junior-Senior High School	0	299
Clay Elementary School	0	309
Northwest High School	0	311
Minford High School	0	323
Minford Primary Elementary School	0	406
Minford Middle School	0	450
Bloom-Vernon Elementary School	0	494
Northwest Elementary School	0	589