Marion-Morrow Times

There were 815 12th grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

TRECA Digital Academy welcomed most of the 12th grade students in the county, registering 336 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.

School name	# of 12th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
TRECA Digital Academy	336	16.9	1,992
Harding High School	202	20.4	988
River Valley High School	87	17.3	502
Buckeye Community School - Marion	66	18	366
Pleasant High School	53	17	311
Elgin High School	47	18.6	253
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	24	7.8	306
Marion Preparatory Academy	0	0	257
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	0	0	974
River Valley Middle School	0	0	453
Pleasant Middle School	0	0	422
Elgin Middle School	0	0	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