Fairfield Reporter

There were 2,034 fifth grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 306 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	306	49.8	614
Toll Gate Middle School	294	50.3	584
Diley Middle School	270	47	574
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	189	34.6	547
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	157	25.3	620
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	124	34.3	361
Liberty Union Middle School	112	31.4	357
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	105	16.7	630
Medill Elementary School	103	18.4	559
Gorsuch West Elementary School	102	17.6	578
Tallmadge Elementary School	89	18.6	479
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	80	15.7	509
Berne Union Elementary School	62	13.6	455
Millersport Elementary School	41	18.9	217
Liberty Union High School	0	0	340
General Sherman Junior High School	0	0	670
Fairfield Union High School	0	0	553
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	0	0	537
Toll Gate Elementary School	0	0	862
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
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	0	0	874
Pickerington High School North	0	0	1,653
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	0	0	255
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	0	0	700
Tussing Elementary School	0	0	662
Violet Elementary School	0	0	578
Pickerington Elementary School	0	0	560
Fairfield Elementary School	0	0	483
Liberty Union Elementary School	0	0	468
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	370
Bremen Elementary School	0	0	365
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	0	364
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