SE Ohio Times

There were 4,271 students enrolled in Hocking County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 12.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.3% of the county's student body, while the other 49.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 94.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Hocking County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.8% and 0.9% Hispanic students.

Logan-Hocking Middle School had the highest enrollment among Hocking County's eight schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 1,044 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Logan-Hocking Middle School	1,074	1,044	-2.8
Logan High School	976	996	2
Laurelville Elementary School	291	836	187.3
Central Elementary School	420	414	-1.4
Chieftain Elementary School	380	364	-4.2
Green Elementary School	314	312	-0.6
Union Furnace Elementary School	205	186	-9.3
Hocking Hills Elementary School	143	119	-16.8