Brown County Education: Which school had most students enrolled in 2022-23 school year?

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

By South Ohio News

Feb 27, 2024

Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Brown County schools, welcoming 752 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.8% of them were boys, and 47.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 94.9% of Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School's total enrollment.

Among the 16 schools in Brown County, Western Brown High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 750 students, while Mt. Orab Middle School welcomed 609 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School is part of Western Brown Local, which generally encompasses schools within Brown County, with its main office in Mount Orab.

In the previous school year, Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School still had the highest number of students among Brown County schools.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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 Brown County Over the Years

Enrollment Among Brown County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	Mount Orab	752
Western Brown High School	Mount Orab	750
Mt. Orab Middle School	Mount Orab	609
Hamersville Elementary School	Hamersville	586
Georgetown Elementary School	Georgetown	558
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	Georgetown	395
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	Fayetteville	352
Eastern High School	Winchester	309
Sardinia Elementary School	Sardinia	274
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	Ripley	274
Russellville Elementary School	Russellville	262
Eastern Middle School	Winchester	232
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	Ripley	204
Fayetteville-Perry High School	Fayetteville	198
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	Aberdeen	195
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	Fayetteville	176