South Ohio News

There were 668 first grade students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Rock Hill Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 106 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Rock Hill Elementary School	106	14.5	731
Ironton Elementary School	98	15.8	621
Chesapeake Elementary School	98	20	490
Dawson-Bryant Elementary School	93	15.6	598
Fairland East Elementary School	92	27.4	336
South Point Elementary School	66	17.5	378
Burlington Elementary School	58	17.6	329
Symmes Valley Elementary School	57	10.1	566
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