South Ohio News

There were 27 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Georgetown Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 27 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 Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Georgetown Elementary School	27	4.9	547
Georgetown Junior-Senior High School	0	0	387
Eastern High School	0	0	252
Sardinia Elementary School	0	0	274
Russellville Elementary School	0	0	265
Eastern Middle School	0	0	237
Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School	0	0	345
Fayetteville-Perry High School	0	0	211
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	0	0	161
Hamersville Elementary School	0	0	578
Western Brown High School	0	0	728
Mt. Orab Primary Elementary School	0	0	764
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
Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School	0	0	392