Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,979 fourth grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Toll Gate Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 185 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Toll Gate Elementary School	185	21.5	862
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	177	32.4	547
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	154	22	700
Tussing Elementary School	129	19.5	662
Violet Elementary School	118	20.4	578
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	116	32.1	361
Pickerington Elementary School	114	20.4	560
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	111	17.6	630
Gorsuch West Elementary School	105	18.2	578
Fairfield Elementary School	99	20.5	483
Liberty Union Elementary School	98	20.9	468
Medill Elementary School	96	17.2	559
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	88	17.3	509
Heritage Elementary School	80	21.6	370
Tallmadge Elementary School	76	15.9	479
Bremen Elementary School	73	20	365
Pleasantville Elementary School	64	17.6	364
Berne Union Elementary School	59	13	455
Millersport Elementary School	37	17.1	217
Bloom Carroll Primary School	0	0	492
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	0	0	442
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 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
Lancaster High School	0	0	1,868
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