Fairfield Reporter

There were 25,299 students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.9% of the county's student body, while the other 48.1% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 69.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fairfield County schools, followed by Black, Non-Hispanic students with 16%, 6.1% multiracial students, 4% Asian or Pacific Islander students and 4% Hispanic students.

Lancaster High School had the highest enrollment among Fairfield County's 42 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 1,869 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Lancaster High School	1,829	1,869	2.2
Pickerington High School Central	1,759	1,716	-2.4
Pickerington High School North	1,584	1,656	4.5
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	873	874	0.1
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	847	870	2.7
Toll Gate Elementary School	797	862	8.2
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	709	699	-1.4
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	700	671	-4.1
General Sherman Junior High School	693	670	-3.3
Bloom-Carroll High School	649	664	2.3
Tussing Elementary School	625	662	5.9
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	634	630	-0.6
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	617	620	0.5
Harmon Middle School	632	615	-2.7
Toll Gate Middle School	540	584	8.1
Gorsuch West Elementary School	587	577	-1.7
Violet Elementary School	552	577	4.5
Diley Middle School	586	574	-2
Pickerington Elementary School	510	561	10
Medill Elementary School	609	559	-8.2
Fairfield Union High School	570	553	-3
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	556	552	-0.7
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	536	536	0
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	509	510	0.2
Bloom Carroll Primary School	509	491	-3.5
Fairfield Elementary School	505	483	-4.4
Tallmadge Elementary School	484	478	-1.2
Liberty Union Elementary School	489	467	-4.5
Berne Union Elementary School	467	455	-2.6
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	429	442	3
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	418	404	-3.3
Heritage Elementary School	370	369	-0.3
Bremen Elementary School	365	364	-0.3
Pleasantville Elementary School	353	363	2.8
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	325	362	11.4
Berne Union High School	362	361	-0.3
Liberty Union Middle School	348	357	2.6
Liberty Union High School	351	340	-3.1
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	346	310	-10.4
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	229	256	11.8
Millersport Elementary School	268	217	-19
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	32	119	271.9