South Ohio News

There were 485 fourth grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less 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 157 students.

Within Brown County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Brown County ranked 55th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,071 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was 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	157	20.5	764
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	68	19.7	345
Georgetown Elementary School	59	10.8	547
Hamersville Elementary School	59	10.2	578
Sardinia Elementary School	49	17.9	274
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	48	12.2	392
Russellville Elementary School	45	17	265
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	0	0	387
Eastern High School	0	0	252
Eastern Middle School	0	0	237
Fayetteville-Perry High School	0	0	211
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	0	0	161
Western Brown High School	0	0	728
Mt. Orab Middle School	0	0	617
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	0	0	79
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	227