Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,988 second grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Toll Gate Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 196 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School	196	22.7	862
Bloom Carroll Primary School	169	34.3	492
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	146	20.9	700
Tussing Elementary School	137	20.7	662
Fairfield Elementary School	123	25.5	483
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	115	26	442
Violet Elementary School	112	19.4	578
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	105	16.7	630
Liberty Union Elementary School	103	22	468
Pickerington Elementary School	102	18.2	560
Gorsuch West Elementary School	102	17.6	578
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	98	19.3	509
Tallmadge Elementary School	87	18.2	479
Medill Elementary School	83	14.8	559
Heritage Elementary School	74	20	370
Bremen Elementary School	68	18.6	365
Pleasantville Elementary School	64	17.6	364
Berne Union Elementary School	61	13.4	455
Millersport Elementary School	43	19.8	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
Liberty Union High School	0	0	340
Liberty Union Middle School	0	0	357
Toll Gate Middle School	0	0	584
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	104
Pickerington High School Central	0	0	1,714
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	0	0	870
Harmon Middle School	0	0	614
Diley Middle School	0	0	574
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	0	0	874
Pickerington High School North	0	0	1,653
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	0	255
Lancaster High School	0	0	1,868