Marion-Morrow Times

There were 1,184 10th grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 11.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

TRECA Digital Academy welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 391 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
TRECA Digital Academy	391	19.3	2,024
Harding High School	276	30.6	901
River Valley High School	156	34.7	450
Buckeye Community School - Marion	151	29.7	508
Pleasant High School	91	27.3	333
Elgin High School	81	32.3	251
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	38	12.6	302
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	0	0	905
River Valley Middle School	0	0	475
Pleasant Middle School	0	0	413
Elgin Middle School	0	0	253
Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	493
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	0	0	262
James A. Garfield Elementary School	0	0	374
Ridgedale Elementary School	0	0	315
William McKinley Elementary School	0	0	391
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	0	0	362
William H. Taft Elementary School	0	0	404
Liberty Elementary School	0	0	413
George Washington Elementary School	0	0	443
Elgin Elementary School	0	0	466
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	499
Marion Preparatory Academy	0	0	184