South Ohio News

There were 8,353 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% 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 white students comprised 87.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Ross County, Unioto Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 876 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
Unioto Elementary School	85.4	1,026
Chillicothe High School	75	761
Chillicothe Intermediate School	72.6	747
Adena Elementary School	92	561
Zane Trace Elementary School	93.7	490
Unioto High School	89.2	511
Unioto Middle School	90	482
Huntington Elementary School	93.7	414
Chillicothe Primary School	70.3	542
Southeastern Elementary School	92.9	378
Paint Valley Elementary School	95.3	362
Zane Trace Middle School	93.4	361
Huntington Middle School	95.3	319
Zane Trace High School	93.6	311
Chillicothe Middle School	74.7	376
Southeastern Middle School	95.2	291
Adena Middle School	91.7	277
Huntington High School	94.8	267
Adena High School	92.4	263
Southeastern High School	95.3	236
Buckskin Elementary School	95.9	221
Paint Valley High School	94	215
Paint Valley Middle School	94.5	164