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718 students were enrolled for third grade in Marion County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

There were 718 third grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Pleasant Elementary School and Heritage Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 88 students each.

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 32nd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 11,419 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was 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

Pre-kindergartenKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1205001,0001,5002022-23 school year2023-24 school year

Third Grade Enrollment in Marion County Schools for 2023-24 School Year

School name# of 3rd Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Pleasant Elementary School8817.8493
Heritage Elementary School8817.6499
Elgin Elementary School8418466
George Washington Elementary School6614.9443
Liberty Elementary School6114.8413
William McKinley Elementary School5915.1391
James A. Garfield Elementary School5615374
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School5414.9362
William H. Taft Elementary School5413.4404
Ridgedale Elementary School4313.7315
TRECA Digital Academy281.42,024
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School197.3262
Marion Preparatory Academy189.8184
River Valley High School00450
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School00302
Pleasant High School00333
Pleasant Middle School00413
River Valley Middle School00475
Elgin Middle School00253
Elgin High School00251
Harding High School00901
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School00905
Buckeye Community School - Marion00508

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