SE Ohio Times

There were 6,500 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Washington County welcomed 6,979 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 93.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 20 schools in Washington County, Marietta High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 901 students.

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 non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Marietta High School	90.4	997
Warren Elementary School	94.6	783
Warren Middle School	93.7	654
Marietta Elementary School	91.2	637
Warren High School	94.3	562
Belpre Elementary School	88.8	491
Waterford Elementary School	97.6	411
Belpre High School	90.2	379
Fort Frye High School	97.3	261
Fort Frye Middle School	95.4	239
Washington School	90.3	238
Beverly-Center Elementary School	94.7	226
Phillips School	89.9	238
Newport Elementary School	96.6	205
Frontier High/Middle School	96.6	204
Waterford High School	96.3	160
Matamoras Elementary School	99	103
Lowell Elementary School	98	98
Salem-Liberty Elementary School	89.9	79
Belpre Blue Sky Academy	85.7	14