South Ohio News

There were 858 kindergarten students enrolled in Scioto County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Wheelersburg Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 126 students.

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

Statewide, Scioto County ranked 35th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 10,090 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 35th 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
Wheelersburg Elementary School	126	24.7	510
Portsmouth Elementary School	108	14	774
Valley Elementary School	102	23.1	442
Northwest Elementary School	98	16.6	589
Bloom-Vernon Elementary School	95	19.2	495
Portsmouth West Elementary School	91	18.2	501
Minford Primary Elementary School	79	19.5	406
Clay Elementary School	52	16.9	308
Green Elementary School	35	13.4	261
Stanton Primary Elementary School	27	21.6	125
Sciotoville	27	6.9	390
East Portsmouth Elementary School	18	11.8	153
Minford High School	0	0	323
Green High School	0	0	194
Clay Middle School	0	0	147
Clay High School	0	0	142
South Webster Junior-Senior High School	0	0	300
Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School	0	0	606
Oak Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	89
Glenwood High School	0	0	142
Minford Middle School	0	0	450
Northwest High School	0	0	311
Wheelersburg Middle School	0	0	599
Wheelersburg High School	0	0	407
Portsmouth West Middle School	0	0	364
Portsmouth West High School	0	0	263
Valley Middle School	0	0	294
Valley High School	0	0	234
Northwest Middle School	0	0	259