Marion County Education: 11,504 students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

By Marion-Morrow Times

Jan 25, 2024

There were 11,504 students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.3% of the county's student body, while the other 49.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 80.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Marion County schools, followed by multiracial students with 7.8%, 5.7% Hispanic students, 4.7% Black, Non-Hispanic students and 0.1% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

TRECA Digital Academy had the highest enrollment among Marion County's 24 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,992 students.

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.

Enrollment in Marion County Schools Over 2 Years

Breakdown of Student Enrollment in Marion County Schools

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
TRECA Digital Academy	1,863	1,992	6.9
Harding High School	989	988	-0.1
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	990	974	-1.6
River Valley High School	500	502	0.4
Heritage Elementary School	513	495	-3.5
Elgin Elementary School	505	486	-3.8
Pleasant Elementary School	577	468	-18.9
River Valley Middle School	435	452	3.9
George Washington Elementary School	454	447	-1.5
Liberty Elementary School	425	443	4.2
Pleasant Middle School	308	421	36.7
William H. Taft Elementary School	416	397	-4.6
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	371	392	5.7
James A. Garfield Elementary School	356	377	5.9
Buckeye Community School - Marion	242	367	51.7
William McKinley Elementary School	357	356	-0.3
Ridgedale Elementary School	312	313	0.3
Pleasant High School	327	312	-4.6
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	302	306	1.3
Marion Preparatory Academy	248	259	4.4
Elgin Middle School	260	258	-0.8
Elgin High School	251	253	0.8
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	248	229	-7.7
River Valley Virtual School	13	17	30.8