Marion-Morrow Times

There were 1,325 ninth grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

TRECA Digital Academy welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 497 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.

School name	# of 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
TRECA Digital Academy	497	24.6	2,024
Harding High School	294	32.6	901
Buckeye Community School - Marion	137	27	508
River Valley High School	133	29.6	450
Pleasant High School	112	33.6	333
Elgin High School	81	32.3	251
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	59	19.5	302
Marion Preparatory Academy	12	6.5	184
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	499
Elgin Elementary School	0	0	466
George Washington Elementary School	0	0	443
Liberty Elementary School	0	0	413
William H. Taft Elementary School	0	0	404
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	0	0	362
William McKinley Elementary School	0	0	391
Ridgedale Elementary School	0	0	315
James A. Garfield Elementary School	0	0	374
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	0	0	262
Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	493
Elgin Middle School	0	0	253
Pleasant Middle School	0	0	413
River Valley Middle School	0	0	475
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	0	0	905