Fairfield Reporter

There were 1,955 seventh grade students enrolled in Fairfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 456 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School	456	52.4	870
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School	431	49.3	874
General Sherman Junior High School	214	31.9	670
Thomas Ewing Junior High School	202	30.1	671
Bloom-Carroll Middle School	180	33.5	537
Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	159	25.6	620
Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School	103	33.1	311
Liberty Union Middle School	85	23.8	357
Berne Union High School	77	21.3	362
Millersport Junior-Senior High School	48	18.8	255
Millersport Elementary School	0	0	217
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	509
Tallmadge Elementary School	0	0	479
Gorsuch West Elementary School	0	0	578
Medill Elementary School	0	0	559
Tarhe Trails Elementary School	0	0	630
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School	0	0	361
Bloom Carroll Intermediate School	0	0	547
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
Lancaster High School	0	0	1,868
Pickerington High School North	0	0	1,653
Harmon Middle School	0	0	614
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
Amanda-Clearcreek High School	0	0	403
Pleasantville Elementary School	0	0	364
Bremen Elementary School	0	0	365
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