Fairfield Reporter

There were 17,503 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Fairfield County welcomed 25,299 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 69.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 42 schools in Fairfield County, Lancaster High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,639 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	% of non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lancaster High School	87.7	1,869
Pickerington High School North	51.1	1,656
Pickerington High School Central	39.1	1,716
Bloom-Carroll High School	89	664
General Sherman Junior High School	87.8	670
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	94.5	620
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	84.4	671
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	84.3	630
Fairfield Union High School	95.1	553
Medill Elementary School	86.8	559
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	87.7	552
Toll Gate Elementary School	56	862
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	89.7	536
Gorsuch West Elementary School	81.6	577
Liberty Union Elementary School	95.3	467
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	50.7	874
Berne Union Elementary School	93.2	455
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	95.5	442
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	82.4	510
Bloom Carroll Primary School	84.9	491
Tallmadge Elementary School	84.7	478
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	95.8	404
Bremen Elementary School	98.1	364
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	49.8	699
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	94.8	362
Pleasantville Elementary School	93.9	363
Liberty Union Middle School	94.7	357
Berne Union High School	92.2	361
Toll Gate Middle School	56.2	584
Liberty Union High School	93.8	340
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	35.6	870
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	97.4	310
Violet Elementary School	42.8	577
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	93.8	256
Harmon Middle School	36.6	615
Fairfield Elementary School	46	483
Diley Middle School	38.5	574
Millersport Elementary School	90.3	217
Heritage Elementary School	47.7	369
Pickerington Elementary School	31.2	561
Tussing Elementary School	18	662
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	42.9	119