Fairfield Reporter

There were 2,004 fourth 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.

Bloom Carroll Intermediate School and Toll Gate Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 189 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	189	34.2	552
Toll Gate Elementary School	189	23.8	795
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	125	17.7	708
Tussing Elementary School	122	19.5	626
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	119	36.7	324
Fairfield Elementary School	114	22.6	505
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	113	17.8	636
Liberty Union Elementary School	107	21.9	489
Pickerington Elementary School	106	20.8	510
Gorsuch West Elementary School	106	18.1	586
Violet Elementary School	102	18.5	551
Medill Elementary School	99	16.2	610
Heritage Elementary School	95	25.7	370
Tallmadge Elementary School	90	18.6	485
Pleasantville Elementary School	79	22.4	353
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	76	14.9	509
Bremen Elementary School	73	20	365
Berne Union Elementary School	59	12.6	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