Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,952 sixth grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 308 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	308	50.2	614
Diley Middle School	304	53	574
Toll Gate Middle School	290	49.7	584
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	220	32.8	671
General Sherman Junior High School	217	32.4	670
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	182	33.9	537
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	156	25.2	620
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	97	31.2	311
Liberty Union Middle School	87	24.4	357
Berne Union Elementary School	59	13	455
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	32	12.5	255
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	0	0	442
Bloom Carroll Primary School	0	0	492
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	0	403
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	0	364
Bremen Elementary School	0	0	365
Berne Union High School	0	0	362
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	370
Bloom-Carroll High School	0	0	665
Liberty Union Elementary School	0	0	468
Fairfield Elementary School	0	0	483
Pickerington Elementary School	0	0	560
Violet Elementary School	0	0	578
Tussing Elementary School	0	0	662
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	0	0	700
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	0	0	547
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	0	361
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	0	0	630
Medill Elementary School	0	0	559
Gorsuch West Elementary School	0	0	578
Tallmadge Elementary School	0	0	479
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	509
Millersport Elementary School	0	0	217
Liberty Union High School	0	0	340
Fairfield Union High School	0	0	553
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