South Ohio News

There were 450 sixth grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 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 sixth grade students in the county, registering 131 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Middle School	131	21.2	617
Eastern Middle School	85	35.9	237
Georgetown Elementary School	67	12.2	547
Hamersville Elementary School	62	10.7	578
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	56	34.8	161
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	49	12.5	392
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	0	0	345
Sardinia Elementary School	0	0	274
Russellville Elementary School	0	0	265
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	0	0	764
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	0	0	387
Eastern High School	0	0	252
Fayetteville-Perry High School	0	0	211
Western Brown High School	0	0	728
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	0	0	79
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	227