Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,455 kindergarten students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Bloom Carroll Primary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 151 students.

Within Fairfield County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Fairfield County ranked 15th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 25,299 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked 16th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bloom Carroll Primary School	151	30.7	492
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	125	28.3	442
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	111	17.6	630
Liberty Union Elementary School	96	20.5	468
Toll Gate Elementary School	87	10.1	862
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	82	16.1	509
Medill Elementary School	82	14.7	559
Gorsuch West Elementary School	80	13.8	578
Pleasantville Elementary School	78	21.4	364
Tallmadge Elementary School	74	15.4	479
Bremen Elementary School	73	20	365
Berne Union Elementary School	72	15.8	455
Tussing Elementary School	69	10.4	662
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	57	8.1	700
Pickerington Elementary School	54	9.6	560
Violet Elementary School	53	9.2	578
Fairfield Elementary School	46	9.5	483
Heritage Elementary School	38	10.3	370
Millersport Elementary School	27	12.4	217
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	0	361
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	0	0	671
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	0	403
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	0	311
Berne Union High School	0	0	362
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	0	0	547
Bloom-Carroll High School	0	0	665
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	0	0	537
Fairfield Union High School	0	0	553
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	0	0	620
General Sherman Junior High School	0	0	670
Lancaster High School	0	0	1,868
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	0	255
Pickerington High School North	0	0	1,653
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	0	0	874
Diley Middle School	0	0	574
Harmon Middle School	0	0	614
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	0	0	870
Pickerington High School Central	0	0	1,714
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	104
Toll Gate Middle School	0	0	584
Liberty Union Middle School	0	0	357
Liberty Union High School	0	0	340