Marion-Morrow Times

There were 11,419 students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50% of the county's student body, while the other 50% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 79.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Marion County schools, followed by multiracial students with 8.5%, 6.1% 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 23 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 2,024 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.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
TRECA Digital Academy	1,992	2,024	1.6
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	974	905	-7.1
Harding High School	988	902	-8.7
Buckeye Community School - Marion	367	508	38.4
Heritage Elementary School	495	499	0.8
Pleasant Elementary School	468	492	5.1
River Valley Middle School	452	476	5.3
Elgin Elementary School	486	465	-4.3
River Valley High School	502	450	-10.4
George Washington Elementary School	447	442	-1.1
Liberty Elementary School	443	413	-6.8
Pleasant Middle School	421	412	-2.1
William H. Taft Elementary School	397	404	1.8
William McKinley Elementary School	356	392	10.1
James A. Garfield Elementary School	377	374	-0.8
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	392	363	-7.4
Pleasant High School	312	333	6.7
Ridgedale Elementary School	313	315	0.6
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	306	301	-1.6
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	229	262	14.4
Elgin Middle School	258	253	-1.9
Elgin High School	253	251	-0.8
Marion Preparatory Academy	259	183	-29.3