2023-24 School Year Enrollment: 714 kindergarten students welcomed in Union County schools

There were 714 kindergarten students enrolled in Union County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Northwood Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 128 students.

Within Union County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Union County ranked 30th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 11,861 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked 32nd 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.