South Ohio News

There were 727 seventh grade students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 183 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe Middle School	183	48.7	376
Unioto Middle School	166	34.4	482
Zane Trace Middle School	93	25.8	360
Adena Middle School	88	31.8	277
Huntington Middle School	81	25.3	320
Southeastern Middle School	64	21.9	292
Paint Valley Middle School	52	31.9	163
Unioto Elementary School	0	0	1,026
Adena Elementary School	0	0	562
Paint Valley Elementary School	0	0	362
Buckskin Elementary School	0	0	221
Zane Trace High School	0	0	312
Unioto High School	0	0	511
Southeastern High School	0	0	234
Paint Valley High School	0	0	214
Huntington High School	0	0	267
Adena High School	0	0	262
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
Chillicothe Intermediate School	0	0	747