South Ohio News

There were 725 kindergarten students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe Primary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 178 students.

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

Statewide, Ross County ranked 36th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 9,575 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 36th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe Primary School	178	32.8	542
Unioto Elementary School	147	14.3	1,026
Zane Trace Elementary School	106	21.6	490
Adena Elementary School	77	13.7	562
Huntington Elementary School	75	18.1	414
Southeastern Elementary School	59	15.6	379
Paint Valley Elementary School	44	12.2	362
Buckskin Elementary School	39	17.6	221
Chillicothe High School	0	0	761
Chillicothe Middle School	0	0	376
Chillicothe Intermediate School	0	0	747
Adena High School	0	0	262
Adena Middle School	0	0	277
Huntington High School	0	0	267
Huntington Middle School	0	0	320
Paint Valley Middle School	0	0	163
Paint Valley High School	0	0	214
Southeastern Middle School	0	0	292
Southeastern High School	0	0	234
Unioto High School	0	0	511
Unioto Middle School	0	0	482
Zane Trace Middle School	0	0	360
Zane Trace High School	0	0	312