Southern High School

As an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Racine, Ohio, Southern High School works with 185 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Southern Local. Enrollment runs roughly 67% leaner than the state mean of about 565.

Southern High School is one of 7 schools operated by Southern Local, a district that hosts 2,056 students overall.

Demographically, Southern High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Meigs County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Meigs County reports that the typical household earns roughly $46,873 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Meigs County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,988 students), Southern High School is one campus in the mix.

Southern Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southern High School has shrank 11%, going from 208 students in 2018 to 185 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.