South Ohio News

There were 446 fifth grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mt. Orab Middle School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 130 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Middle School	130	21.3	609
Georgetown Elementary School	69	12.4	557
Hamersville Elementary School	62	10.6	587
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	59	16.8	352
Sardinia Elementary School	46	16.9	272
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	43	21.9	196
Russellville Elementary School	37	14.3	259
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	0	0	751
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	0	0	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
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	204