South Ohio News

There were 652 seventh grade students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Fairland Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 124 students.

Within Lawrence County schools, the highest student count was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 11th grade.

Statewide, Lawrence County ranked 39th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 8,414 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 39th 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Fairland Middle School	124	36.7	338
Chesapeake Middle School	100	26.3	380
South Point Middle School	99	29.7	333
Ironton Middle School	94	32.2	292
Rock Hill Middle School	87	31	281
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	82	31.9	257
Symmes Valley Elementary School	66	11.5	573
Fairland West Elementary School	0	0	347
Ironton Elementary School	0	0	657
Rock Hill Elementary School	0	0	716
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	0	0	570
South Point Elementary School	0	0	371
Burlington Elementary School	0	0	319
Chesapeake Elementary School	0	0	490
Fairland East Elementary School	0	0	349
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	0	0	69
Ironton High School	0	0	371
Chesapeake High School	0	0	258
Dawson-Bryant High School	0	0	293
Fairland High School	0	0	380
Rock Hill Senior High School	0	0	283
South Point High School	0	0	323
Symmes Valley High School	0	0	162