South Ohio News

There were 435 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Rock Hill Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 100 students.

Within Lawrence County schools, the highest student count was found in second grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Lawrence County ranked 39th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 8,302 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 39th 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
Rock Hill Elementary School	100	13.7	731
Symmes Valley Elementary School	61	10.8	566
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	57	9.5	598
Ironton Elementary School	54	8.7	621
Chesapeake Elementary School	51	10.4	490
Fairland East Elementary School	44	13.1	336
Burlington Elementary School	43	13.1	329
South Point Elementary School	25	6.6	378
Symmes Valley High School	0	0	161
South Point Middle School	0	0	311
South Point High School	0	0	322
Rock Hill Senior High School	0	0	289
Rock Hill Middle School	0	0	262
Fairland Middle School	0	0	334
Fairland High School	0	0	347
Fairland West Elementary School	0	0	319
Dawson-Bryant Middle School	0	0	257
Dawson-Bryant High School	0	0	287
Chesapeake Middle School	0	0	368
Chesapeake High School	0	0	252
Ironton High School	0	0	365
Ironton Middle School	0	0	300
Tri-State STEM+M. Early College High School	0	0	81