Paint Valley High School

Paint Valley High School is a micro-enrollment senior high in Bainbridge, Ohio, run under Paint Valley Local. The school teaches 184 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 67% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Paint Valley Local (721 students total), Paint Valley High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Paint Valley High School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Black, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Paint Valley High School logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Paint Valley High School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Ross County shows median household income runs about $61,303, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Ross County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,625 students), Paint Valley High School is one campus in the mix.

Paint Valley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Paint Valley High School.

Paint Valley High School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 270 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 30.0:1 in 2018 to 26.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.