Fairfield Reporter

There were 17,961 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Fairfield County welcomed 25,248 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 71.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Fairfield County, Lancaster High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,615 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	% of non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lancaster High School	88.3	1,829
Pickerington High School North	53.4	1,584
Pickerington High School Central	42.9	1,759
General Sherman Junior High School	88	693
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	85.4	700
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	95	617
Bloom-Carroll High School	89.8	649
Fairfield Union High School	95.8	570
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	84.5	634
Medill Elementary School	87.4	609
Toll Gate Elementary School	63.9	797
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	89.6	556
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	91.4	536
Gorsuch West Elementary School	81.9	587
Liberty Union Elementary School	95.3	489
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	52.5	873
Berne Union Elementary School	93.8	467
Bloom Carroll Primary School	85.9	509
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	83.9	509
Tallmadge Elementary School	86	484
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	95.1	429
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	96.2	418
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	51.9	709
Bremen Elementary School	98.9	365
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	40.3	847
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	97.4	346
Berne Union High School	92.5	362
Toll Gate Middle School	61.7	540
Liberty Union Middle School	95.1	348
Pleasantville Elementary School	92.9	353
Liberty Union High School	92.6	351
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	95.7	325
Violet Elementary School	46	552
Millersport Elementary School	93.3	268
Harmon Middle School	37	632
Fairfield Elementary School	45.7	505
Diley Middle School	38.7	586
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	95.6	229
Heritage Elementary School	50.3	370
Pickerington Elementary School	33.7	510
Tussing Elementary School	18.9	625
Pickerington Alternative School	47.4	95
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	56.3	32