South Ohio News

There were 758 ninth grade students enrolled in Scioto County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Wheelersburg High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 121 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Wheelersburg High School	121	29.7	407
Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School	103	17	606
Northwest High School	98	31.5	311
Minford High School	95	29.4	323
Valley High School	83	35.5	234
Portsmouth West High School	82	31.2	263
South Webster Junior-Senior High School	42	14	300
Clay High School	40	28.2	142
Sciotoville	37	9.5	390
Green High School	36	18.6	194
Glenwood High School	21	14.8	142
Wheelersburg Elementary School	0	0	510
Minford Primary Elementary School	0	0	406
Stanton Primary Elementary School	0	0	125
Clay Elementary School	0	0	308
Portsmouth Elementary School	0	0	774
Portsmouth West Elementary School	0	0	501
Northwest Elementary School	0	0	589
Bloom-Vernon Elementary School	0	0	495
Green Elementary School	0	0	261
Oak Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	89
Valley Elementary School	0	0	442
East Portsmouth Elementary School	0	0	153
Clay Middle School	0	0	147
Valley Middle School	0	0	294
Portsmouth West Middle School	0	0	364
Minford Middle School	0	0	450
Northwest Middle School	0	0	259
Wheelersburg Middle School	0	0	599