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There were 1,954 first grade students in Fairfield County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

There were 1,954 first grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Toll Gate Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 179 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.

Fairfield County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Pre-kindergartenKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1205001,0001,5002,0002,5002022-23 school year2023-24 school year

First Grade Enrollment in Fairfield County Schools for 2023-24 School Year

School name# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School17920.8862
Bloom Carroll Primary School17235492
Sycamore Creek Elementary School13619.4700
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School12728.7442
Tussing Elementary School12719.2662
Pickerington Elementary School11821.1560
Fairfield Elementary School11123483
Violet Elementary School10618.3578
Gorsuch West Elementary School9917.1578
Tarhe Trails Elementary School9715.4630
Heritage Elementary School9625.9370
Liberty Union Elementary School9219.7468
Medill Elementary School8615.4559
Pleasantville Elementary School8222.5364
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School7915.5509
Bremen Elementary School7921.6365
Tallmadge Elementary School7415.4479
Berne Union Elementary School5612.3455
Millersport Elementary School3817.5217
Lancaster High School001,868
Millersport Junior-Senior High School00255
Pickerington High School North001,653
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School00874
Diley Middle School00574
Harmon Middle School00614
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School00870
Pickerington High School Central001,714
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy00104
Toll Gate Middle School00584
Liberty Union Middle School00357
Liberty Union High School00340
General Sherman Junior High School00670
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School00620
Fairfield Union High School00553
Bloom-Carroll Middle School00537
Bloom-Carroll High School00665
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School00547
Berne Union High School00362
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School00311
Amanda-Clearcreek High School00403
Thomas Ewing Junior High School00671
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School00361

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