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/
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 277 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled | % of Student Body | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses S. Grant Middle School | 277 | 30.6 | 905 |
| TRECA Digital Academy | 167 | 8.3 | 2,024 |
| River Valley Middle School | 140 | 29.5 | 475 |
| Pleasant Middle School | 94 | 22.8 | 413 |
| Elgin Middle School | 88 | 34.8 | 253 |
| Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School | 56 | 18.5 | 302 |
| Marion Preparatory Academy | 17 | 9.2 | 184 |
| Pleasant Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 493 |
| River Valley High School | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| Pleasant High School | 0 | 0 | 333 |
| Buckeye Community School - Marion | 0 | 0 | 508 |
| Harding High School | 0 | 0 | 901 |
| Elgin High School | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| 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 |
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