2022-23 School Year Enrollment: 818 seventh grade students welcomed in Marion County schools

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

By Marion-Morrow Times

Jul 12, 2024

There were 818 seventh grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ulysses S. Grant Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 287 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

Seventh Grade Enrollment in Marion County Schools for 2022-23 School Year

School name	# of 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	287	29.5	974
River Valley Middle School	144	31.8	453
TRECA Digital Academy	119	6	1,992
Pleasant Middle School	99	23.5	422
Elgin Middle School	87	33.9	257
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	59	19.3	306
Marion Preparatory Academy	23	8.9	257
Elgin Elementary School	0	0	486
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	496
Liberty Elementary School	0	0	442
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	0	0	392
George Washington Elementary School	0	0	447
William H. Taft Elementary School	0	0	397
Ridgedale Elementary School	0	0	312
James A. Garfield Elementary School	0	0	378
William McKinley Elementary School	0	0	355
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	0	0	229
Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	468
Buckeye Community School - Marion	0	0	366
Harding High School	0	0	988
Elgin High School	0	0	253
Pleasant High School	0	0	311
River Valley High School	0	0	502