Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,953 first grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Toll Gate Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 177 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School	177	22.3	795
Bloom Carroll Primary School	168	33.1	508
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	142	20.1	708
Tussing Elementary School	129	20.6	626
Fairfield Elementary School	119	23.6	505
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	117	27.3	429
Violet Elementary School	109	19.8	551
Liberty Union Elementary School	105	21.5	489
Gorsuch West Elementary School	103	17.6	586
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	102	16	636
Tallmadge Elementary School	95	19.6	485
Medill Elementary School	94	15.4	610
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	92	18.1	509
Pickerington Elementary School	89	17.5	510
Bremen Elementary School	74	20.3	365
Heritage Elementary School	73	19.7	370
Pleasantville Elementary School	64	18.1	353
Berne Union Elementary School	61	13.1	467
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