Fairfield Reporter

There were 2,068 ninth grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Lancaster High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 492 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lancaster High School	492	26.3	1,868
Pickerington High School North	466	28.2	1,653
Pickerington High School Central	452	26.4	1,714
Bloom-Carroll High School	187	28.1	665
Fairfield Union High School	148	26.8	553
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	128	31.8	403
Liberty Union High School	94	27.6	340
Berne Union High School	52	14.4	362
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	49	19.2	255
Violet Elementary School	0	0	578
Tussing Elementary School	0	0	662
Sycamore Creek Elementary School	0	0	700
Harmon Middle School	0	0	614
Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	104
Toll Gate Elementary School	0	0	862
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
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	0	0	874
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	0	0	870
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	0	0	671
General Sherman Junior High School	0	0	670
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	0	0	537
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	0	0	620
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	0	0	311
Liberty Union Middle School	0	0	357
Diley Middle School	0	0	574
Toll Gate Middle School	0	0	584
Berne Union Elementary School	0	0	455
Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School	0	0	442
Bloom Carroll Primary School	0	0	492
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	0	364
Bremen Elementary School	0	0	365
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	370
Liberty Union Elementary School	0	0	468
Fairfield Elementary School	0	0	483
Pickerington Elementary School	0	0	560