Fairfield Reporter

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.

School name	# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School	179	20.8	862
Bloom Carroll Primary School	172	35	492
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	136	19.4	700
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	127	28.7	442
Tussing Elementary School	127	19.2	662
Pickerington Elementary School	118	21.1	560
Fairfield Elementary School	111	23	483
Violet Elementary School	106	18.3	578
Gorsuch West Elementary School	99	17.1	578
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	97	15.4	630
Heritage Elementary School	96	25.9	370
Liberty Union Elementary School	92	19.7	468
Medill Elementary School	86	15.4	559
Pleasantville Elementary School	82	22.5	364
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	79	15.5	509
Bremen Elementary School	79	21.6	365
Tallmadge Elementary School	74	15.4	479
Berne Union Elementary School	56	12.3	455
Millersport Elementary School	38	17.5	217
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
General Sherman Junior High School	0	0	670
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	0	0	620
Fairfield Union High School	0	0	553
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	0	0	537
Bloom-Carroll High School	0	0	665
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	0	0	547
Berne Union High School	0	0	362
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	0	311
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	0	403
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	0	0	671
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	0	361