Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,907 second grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Toll Gate Elementary School and Bloom Carroll Primary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 176 students each.

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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School	176	22.1	795
Bloom Carroll Primary School	176	34.6	508
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	151	21.3	708
Tussing Elementary School	126	20.1	626
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	112	26.1	429
Fairfield Elementary School	108	21.4	505
Medill Elementary School	105	17.2	610
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	101	15.9	636
Gorsuch West Elementary School	97	16.6	586
Pickerington Elementary School	97	19	510
Violet Elementary School	96	17.4	551
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	90	17.7	509
Tallmadge Elementary School	84	17.3	485
Liberty Union Elementary School	83	17	489
Heritage Elementary School	77	20.8	370
Pleasantville Elementary School	73	20.7	353
Bremen Elementary School	69	18.9	365
Berne Union Elementary School	57	12.2	467
Millersport Elementary School	29	10.8	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