Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,518 kindergarten students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Bloom Carroll Primary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 164 students.

Within Fairfield County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Fairfield County ranked 16th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 25,248 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 17th the year before.

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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bloom Carroll Primary School	164	32.3	508
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	122	28.4	429
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	102	16	636
Gorsuch West Elementary School	94	16	586
Liberty Union Elementary School	94	19.2	489
Medill Elementary School	92	15.1	610
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	90	17.7	509
Toll Gate Elementary School	82	10.3	795
Bremen Elementary School	79	21.6	365
Tallmadge Elementary School	73	15.1	485
Pleasantville Elementary School	72	20.4	353
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	69	9.7	708
Tussing Elementary School	69	11	626
Berne Union Elementary School	62	13.3	467
Fairfield Elementary School	60	11.9	505
Violet Elementary School	54	9.8	551
Heritage Elementary School	51	13.8	370
Pickerington Elementary School	49	9.6	510
Millersport Elementary School	40	14.9	268
Lancaster High School	0	0	1,830
General Sherman Junior High School	0	0	693
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	0	0	700
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	0	324
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	0	417
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	0	347
Berne Union High School	0	0	362
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	0	0	552
Bloom-Carroll High School	0	0	647
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	0	0	537
Fairfield Union High School	0	0	570
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	0	0	616
Liberty Union High School	0	0	351
Liberty Union Middle School	0	0	348
Toll Gate Middle School	0	0	540
Pickerington Alternative School	0	0	87
Pickerington High School Central	0	0	1,758
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	0	0	847
Harmon Middle School	0	0	632
Diley Middle School	0	0	585
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	0	0	873
Pickerington High School North	0	0	1,581
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	0	229