How many students were enrolled in Lawrence County schools for 2022-23 school year?

OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

By South Ohio News

Jan 31, 2024

There were 8,414 students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.8% of the county's student body, while the other 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 92.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lawrence County schools, followed by multiracial students with 3.7%, 1.3% Black, Non-Hispanic students and 0.4% Hispanic students.

Rock Hill Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Lawrence County's 23 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 716 students.

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.

Enrollment in Lawrence County Schools Over 2 Years

Breakdown of Student Enrollment in Lawrence County Schools

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Rock Hill Elementary School	714	716	0.3
Ironton Elementary School	637	657	3.1
Symmes Valley Elementary School	553	573	3.6
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	569	572	0.5
Chesapeake Elementary School	484	491	1.4
Fairland High School	401	380	-5.2
Chesapeake Middle School	380	379	-0.3
Ironton High School	372	371	-0.3
South Point Elementary School	387	370	-4.4
Fairland East Elementary School	373	349	-6.4
Fairland West Elementary School	344	347	0.9
Fairland Middle School	363	337	-7.2
South Point Middle School	333	332	-0.3
South Point High School	327	324	-0.9
Burlington Elementary School	335	319	-4.8
Dawson-Bryant High School	295	294	-0.3
Ironton Middle School	291	292	0.3
Rock Hill Senior High School	293	283	-3.4
Rock Hill Middle School	295	282	-4.4
Chesapeake High School	276	258	-6.5
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	276	256	-7.2
Symmes Valley High School	188	162	-13.8
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	72	70	-2.8