There were 750 kindergarten students in Marion County schools in 2022-23 school year

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

By Marion-Morrow Times

Aug 23, 2024

There were 750 kindergarten students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Pleasant Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 100 students.

Within Marion County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Marion County ranked 33rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 11,504 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 33rd 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.

Marion County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Kindergarten Enrollment in Marion County Schools for 2022-23 School Year

School name	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Pleasant Elementary School	100	21.4	468
Heritage Elementary School	77	15.5	496
Elgin Elementary School	71	14.6	486
George Washington Elementary School	65	14.5	447
Liberty Elementary School	63	14.3	442
William McKinley Elementary School	61	17.2	355
William H. Taft Elementary School	55	13.9	397
James A. Garfield Elementary School	55	14.6	378
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	55	14	392
Marion Preparatory Academy	48	18.7	257
Ridgedale Elementary School	47	15.1	312
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	35	15.3	229
TRECA Digital Academy	18	0.9	1,992
Buckeye Community School - Marion	0	0	366
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	0	0	974
Harding High School	0	0	988
Elgin High School	0	0	253
Elgin Middle School	0	0	257
Pleasant Middle School	0	0	422
Pleasant High School	0	0	311
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	0	0	306
River Valley High School	0	0	502
River Valley Middle School	0	0	453