SE Ohio Times

There were 6,420 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Washington County welcomed 6,884 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 93.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Washington County, Marietta High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 906 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	90.8	998
Warren Elementary School	93.6	752
Warren Middle School	95	654
Marietta Elementary School	91.7	613
Warren High School	94.9	565
Belpre Elementary School	88.8	500
Waterford Elementary School	97.6	409
Belpre High School	90.2	368
Fort Frye High School	97.6	248
Fort Frye Middle School	94.8	250
Newport Elementary School	98.1	212
Beverly-Center Elementary School	94.9	217
Washington School	88.6	228
Frontier High/Middle School	97	203
Phillips School	88.7	221
Waterford High School	95.3	172
Matamoras Elementary School	100	105
Lowell Elementary School	96.7	91
Salem-Liberty Elementary School	91	78