There were 895 seventh grade students in Marion County schools in 2023-24 school year

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By Marion-Morrow Times

May 23, 2025

There were 895 seventh grade students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ulysses S. Grant Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 354 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

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

School name	# of 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	354	39.1	905
River Valley Middle School	168	35.4	475
TRECA Digital Academy	117	5.8	2,024
Pleasant Middle School	102	24.7	413
Elgin Middle School	84	33.2	253
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	56	18.5	302
Marion Preparatory Academy	14	7.6	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
Elgin High School	0	0	251
Harding High School	0	0	901
Buckeye Community School - Marion	0	0	508
Pleasant High School	0	0	333
River Valley High School	0	0	450
Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	493