Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,950 fifth grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 300 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	300	47.5	632
Toll Gate Middle School	289	53.5	540
Diley Middle School	287	49.1	585
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	187	33.9	552
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	162	26.3	616
Medill Elementary School	115	18.9	610
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	102	16	636
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	93	28.7	324
Liberty Union Middle School	93	26.7	348
Gorsuch West Elementary School	87	14.8	586
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	73	14.3	509
Tallmadge Elementary School	69	14.2	485
Berne Union Elementary School	62	13.3	467
Millersport Elementary School	31	11.6	268
Toll Gate Elementary School	0	0	795
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	0	0	708
Tussing Elementary School	0	0	626
Fairfield Elementary School	0	0	505
Liberty Union Elementary School	0	0	489
Pickerington Elementary School	0	0	510
Violet Elementary School	0	0	551
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	370
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	0	353
Bremen Elementary School	0	0	365
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
Liberty Union High School	0	0	351
Pickerington Alternative School	0	0	87
Pickerington High School Central	0	0	1,758
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	0	0	847
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	0	0	873
Pickerington High School North	0	0	1,581
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	0	229