South Ohio News

There were 757 fifth grade students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe Intermediate School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 177 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe Intermediate School	177	23.7	747
Unioto Elementary School	153	14.9	1,026
Adena Elementary School	92	16.4	562
Zane Trace Middle School	85	23.6	360
Southeastern Middle School	82	28.1	292
Huntington Middle School	69	21.6	320
Paint Valley Elementary School	55	15.2	362
Buckskin Elementary School	44	19.9	221
Zane Trace High School	0	0	312
Unioto Middle School	0	0	482
Unioto High School	0	0	511
Southeastern High School	0	0	234
Paint Valley High School	0	0	214
Paint Valley Middle School	0	0	163
Huntington High School	0	0	267
Adena Middle School	0	0	277
Adena High School	0	0	262
Chillicothe Middle School	0	0	376
Chillicothe High School	0	0	761
Chillicothe Primary School	0	0	542
Southeastern Elementary School	0	0	379
Huntington Elementary School	0	0	414
Zane Trace Elementary School	0	0	490