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There were 737 second grade students in Marion County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

There were 737 second grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Pleasant Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 96 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 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

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

School name# of 2nd Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Pleasant Elementary School9619.5493
Heritage Elementary School8517499
Elgin Elementary School8017.2466
George Washington Elementary School7416.7443
Liberty Elementary School6616413
William McKinley Elementary School5915.1391
James A. Garfield Elementary School5514.7374
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School5414.9362
William H. Taft Elementary School4511.1404
Ridgedale Elementary School4514.3315
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School3111.8262
TRECA Digital Academy251.22,024
Marion Preparatory Academy2212184
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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