Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,949 third grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Toll Gate Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 194 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School	194	22.5	862
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	181	33.1	547
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	149	21.3	700
Tussing Elementary School	138	20.8	662
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	121	33.5	361
Pickerington Elementary School	110	19.6	560
Medill Elementary School	109	19.5	559
Fairfield Elementary School	104	21.5	483
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	101	16	630
Violet Elementary School	98	17	578
Gorsuch West Elementary School	90	15.6	578
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	82	16.1	509
Heritage Elementary School	82	22.2	370
Liberty Union Elementary School	79	16.9	468
Tallmadge Elementary School	79	16.5	479
Pleasantville Elementary School	76	20.9	364
Bremen Elementary School	72	19.7	365
Berne Union Elementary School	53	11.6	455
Millersport Elementary School	31	14.3	217
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
Lancaster High School	0	0	1,868
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
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 Primary School	0	0	442
Bloom Carroll Primary School	0	0	492