Southern Ohio Career Academy

Southern Ohio Career Academy is a secondary school of one-room-style scale in Chillicothe, Ohio, part of Southern Ohio Career Academy, instructing 48 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Southern Ohio Career Academy sits inside Southern Ohio Career Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Southern Ohio Career Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Ross County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ross County runs at roughly 98%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southern Ohio Career Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.1%; this one comes in at 16.2%, -41.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Ross County reports that median household income runs about $61,303, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ross County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,625 students), of which Southern Ohio Career Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chillicothe Intermediate School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southern Ohio Career Academy.

Southern Ohio Career Academy operates from a small-town location. As a public charter, Southern Ohio Career Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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