South Ohio News

There were 343 seventh grade students enrolled in Pike County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Waverly Junior High School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 131 students.

Within Pike County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Pike County ranked 71st in enrollment numbers, with a total of 4,234 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked 72nd the year before.

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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Waverly Junior High School	131	34.2	383
Piketon Junior-Senior High School	92	14	656
Eastern Middle School	65	35.1	185
Western High School	55	19.9	276
Western Elementary School	0	0	157
Waverly Intermediate School	0	0	377
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	182
Jasper Elementary School	0	0	509
Western Primary School	0	0	243
Waverly Primary School	0	0	447
Eastern Primary Elementary School	0	0	205
Eastern High School	0	0	165
Waverly High School	0	0	449