South Ohio News

There were 499 fifth grade students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 11.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mt. Orab Middle School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 160 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mt. Orab Middle School	160	25.9	617
Hamersville Elementary School	77	13.3	578
Georgetown Elementary School	73	13.3	547
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	62	15.8	392
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	52	15.1	345
Sardinia Elementary School	41	15	274
Russellville Elementary School	34	12.8	265
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	0	0	764
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
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Middle School	0	0	79
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington High School	0	0	227