South Ohio News

There were 4,401 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Jackson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Jackson County welcomed 4,552 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 96.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Jackson County, Oak Hill Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 584 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Oak Hill Elementary School	99.2	589
Oak Hill Middle/High School	98.1	533
Jackson High School	96.9	524
Jackson Middle School	95.6	517
Jackson Westview Elementary School	95.6	405
Jackson Northview Elementary School	94.8	405
Jackson Southview Elementary School	95.4	366
Bundy Elementary School	95.3	342
Wellston High School	97.4	311
Wellston Middle School	97.5	281
Wellston Intermediate School	96.4	279