Fairfield Reporter

There were 25,248 students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county's student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 71.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fairfield County schools, followed by Black, Non-Hispanic students with 14.9%, 5.9% multiracial students, 3.6% Hispanic students and 3.4% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Lancaster High School had the highest enrollment among Fairfield County's 43 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,829 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 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Lancaster High School	1,797	1,829	1.8
Pickerington High School Central	1,764	1,759	-0.3
Pickerington High School North	1,565	1,584	1.2
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	823	873	6.1
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	926	847	-8.5
Toll Gate Elementary School	732	797	8.9
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	714	709	-0.7
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	704	700	-0.6
General Sherman Junior High School	720	693	-3.8
Bloom-Carroll High School	619	649	4.8
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	607	634	4.4
Harmon Middle School	494	632	27.9
Tussing Elementary School	588	625	6.3
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	607	617	1.6
Medill Elementary School	613	609	-0.7
Gorsuch West Elementary School	555	587	5.8
Diley Middle School	569	586	3
Fairfield Union High School	547	570	4.2
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	542	556	2.6
Violet Elementary School	512	552	7.8
Toll Gate Middle School	637	540	-15.2
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	519	536	3.3
Pickerington Elementary School	419	510	21.7
Bloom Carroll Primary School	512	509	-0.6
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	488	509	4.3
Fairfield Elementary School	446	505	13.2
Liberty Union Elementary School	491	489	-0.4
Tallmadge Elementary School	474	484	2.1
Berne Union Elementary School	437	467	6.9
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	398	429	7.8
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	398	418	5
Heritage Elementary School	361	370	2.5
Bremen Elementary School	359	365	1.7
Berne Union High School	367	362	-1.4
Pleasantville Elementary School	362	353	-2.5
Liberty Union High School	359	351	-2.2
Liberty Union Middle School	342	348	1.8
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	347	346	-0.3
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	317	325	2.5
Millersport Elementary School	259	268	3.5
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	217	229	5.5
Pickerington Alternative School	65	95	46.2
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	59	32	-45.8