South Ohio News

There were 492 fourth grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 156 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	156	20.8	751
Hamersville Elementary School	77	13.1	587
Georgetown Elementary School	68	12.2	557
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	59	21.5	274
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	54	15.3	352
Sardinia Elementary School	41	15.1	272
Russellville Elementary School	37	14.3	259
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