South Ohio News

There were 442 seventh grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 11.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mt. Orab Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 153 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Middle School	153	24.8	617
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	79	20.4	387
Eastern Middle School	70	29.5	237
Hamersville Elementary School	51	8.8	578
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	46	28.6	161
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	43	54.4	79
Georgetown Elementary School	0	0	547
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	0	0	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
Eastern High School	0	0	252
Fayetteville-Perry High School	0	0	211
Western Brown High School	0	0	728
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	227