Fairfield Reporter

Lancaster High School had the highest enrollment among Fairfield County schools, welcoming 1,829 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.2% of them were boys, and 47.8% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 88.3% of Lancaster High School's total enrollment.

Among the 43 schools in Fairfield County, Pickerington High School Central ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,759 students, while Pickerington High School North welcomed 1,584 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Lancaster High School is part of Lancaster City, which generally encompasses schools within Fairfield County, with its main office in Lancaster.

In the previous school year, Lancaster High School still had the highest number of students among Fairfield County schools.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
Lancaster High School	Lancaster	1,829
Pickerington High School Central	Pickerington	1,759
Pickerington High School North	Pickerington	1,584
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	Pickerington	873
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	Pickerington	847
Toll Gate Elementary School	Pickerington	797
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	Pickerington	709
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	Lancaster	700
General Sherman Junior High School	Lancaster	693
Bloom-Carroll High School	Carroll	649
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	Lancaster	634
Harmon Middle School	Pickerington	632
Tussing Elementary School	Reynoldsburg	625
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	Lancaster	617
Medill Elementary School	Lancaster	609
Gorsuch West Elementary School	Lancaster	587
Diley Middle School	Pickerington	586
Fairfield Union High School	Lancaster	570
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	Carroll	556
Violet Elementary School	Pickerington	552
Toll Gate Middle School	Pickerington	540
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	Carroll	536
Pickerington Elementary School	Pickerington	510
Bloom Carroll Primary School	Carroll	509
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	Lancaster	509
Fairfield Elementary School	Pickerington	505
Liberty Union Elementary School	Baltimore	489
Tallmadge Elementary School	Lancaster	484
Berne Union Elementary School	Sugar Grove	467
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	Amanda	429
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	Amanda	418
Heritage Elementary School	Pickerington	370
Bremen Elementary School	Bremen	365
Berne Union High School	Sugar Grove	362
Pleasantville Elementary School	Pleasantville	353
Liberty Union High School	Baltimore	351
Liberty Union Middle School	Baltimore	348
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	Amanda	346
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	Amanda	325
Millersport Elementary School	Millersport	268
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	Millersport	229
Pickerington Alternative School	Pickerington	95
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	Pickerington	32