SE Ohio Times

There were 63 multiracial students enrolled in Meigs County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 16.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Meigs County welcomed 2,969 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in Meigs County, Southern Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 22 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Southern Elementary School	4.5	487
Meigs High School	3.4	502
Meigs Intermediate School	3.8	345
Meigs Middle School	3.3	337
Meigs Primary School	0	400
Eastern Elementary School	0	392
Eastern High School	0	310
Southern High School	0	196