Tri County News

There were 5,389 students enrolled in Preble County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.6% of the county's student body, while the other 48.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 94.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Preble County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.2% and 0.6% Hispanic students.

Preble Shawnee Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Preble County's 16 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 508 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
Preble Shawnee Elementary School	525	508	-3.2
Eaton High School	506	499	-1.4
Twin Valley South Elementary School	447	451	0.9
William Bruce Elementary School	423	435	2.8
Eaton Middle School	416	428	2.9
Hollingsworth East Elementary School	426	422	-0.9
Preble Shawnee Middle School	414	418	1
National Trail Elementary School	352	363	3.1
Preble Shawnee High School High School	393	361	-8.1
Tri-County North Elementary School	303	308	1.7
National Trail Middle School	289	279	-3.5
National Trail High School	242	227	-6.2
Tri-County North Middle School	213	219	2.8
Twin Valley South High School	192	184	-4.2
Tri-County North High School	211	182	-13.7
Twin Valley South Middle School	107	105	-1.9