South Ohio News

There were 770 ninth grade students enrolled in Ross County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Chillicothe High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 207 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chillicothe High School	207	27.2	761
Unioto High School	161	31.5	511
Huntington High School	95	35.6	267
Zane Trace High School	89	28.5	312
Adena High School	89	34	262
Southeastern High School	83	35.5	234
Paint Valley High School	46	21.5	214
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
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
Paint Valley Middle School	0	0	163
Southeastern Middle School	0	0	292
Zane Trace Middle School	0	0	360
Huntington Middle School	0	0	320
Adena Middle School	0	0	277
Unioto Middle School	0	0	482
Chillicothe Middle School	0	0	376