Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,187 students enrolled in Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 94.6% of the Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools total enrollment.

Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools roughly covers three schools within Fairfield County and has a main office in Baltimore.

Among the three schools in Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools, Liberty Union Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 489 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 2021-2022	Total enrollment in 2022-2023	% Change
Liberty Union Middle School	342	348	1.8%
Liberty Union High School	359	351	-2.2%
Liberty Union Elementary School	491	489	-0.4%