Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,946 third grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Bloom Carroll Intermediate School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 176 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	176	31.9	552
Toll Gate Elementary School	171	21.5	795
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	153	21.6	708
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	116	18.2	636
Violet Elementary School	116	21.1	551
Tussing Elementary School	114	18.2	626
Pickerington Elementary School	113	22.2	510
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	112	34.6	324
Medill Elementary School	105	17.2	610
Fairfield Elementary School	104	20.6	505
Liberty Union Elementary School	100	20.4	489
Gorsuch West Elementary School	99	16.9	586
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	88	17.3	509
Tallmadge Elementary School	74	15.3	485
Heritage Elementary School	74	20	370
Bremen Elementary School	70	19.2	365
Pleasantville Elementary School	65	18.4	353
Berne Union Elementary School	55	11.8	467
Millersport Elementary School	41	15.3	268
Bloom Carroll Primary School	0	0	508
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	0	0	429
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 High School	0	0	417
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	0	347
Berne Union High School	0	0	362
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