South Ohio News

There were 518 first grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 160 students.

Within Brown County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Brown County ranked 56th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,126 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 56th 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	160	21.3	751
Georgetown Elementary School	80	14.4	557
Hamersville Elementary School	78	13.3	587
Sardinia Elementary School	58	21.3	272
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	50	14.2	352
Russellville Elementary School	49	18.9	259
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	43	15.7	274
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	0	0	395
Eastern High School	0	0	309
Eastern Middle School	0	0	233
Fayetteville-Perry High School	0	0	197
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	0	0	176
Western Brown High School	0	0	750
Mt. Orab Middle School	0	0	609
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	0	0	196
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	204