Tri County News

There were 112 multiracial students enrolled in Preble County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Preble County welcomed 5,459 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Preble County, Hollingsworth East Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 24 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
Hollingsworth East Elementary School	5.6	426
Eaton Middle School	5	416
Eaton High School	3.2	506
Preble Shawnee Elementary School	2.9	525
William Bruce Elementary School	3.5	423
National Trail Middle School	3.8	289
National Trail Elementary School	2.8	352
Twin Valley South Elementary School	0	447
Preble Shawnee Middle School	0	414
Preble Shawnee High School High School	0	393
Tri-County North Elementary School	0	303
National Trail High School	0	242
Tri-County North Middle School	0	213
Tri-County North High School	0	211
Twin Valley South High School	0	192
Twin Valley South Middle School	0	107