South Ohio News

There were 489 eighth grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mt. Orab Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 155 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Middle School	155	25.5	609
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	83	21	395
Hamersville Elementary School	74	12.6	587
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	63	35.8	176
Eastern Middle School	58	24.9	233
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	56	28.6	196
Georgetown Elementary School	0	0	557
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	0	0	352
Sardinia Elementary School	0	0	272
Russellville Elementary School	0	0	259
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	0	0	751
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	0	0	274
Eastern High School	0	0	309
Fayetteville-Perry High School	0	0	197
Western Brown High School	0	0	750
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	204