Central Ohio Today

There were 504 ninth grade students enrolled in Champaign County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Urbana High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 161 students.

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

Statewide, Champaign County ranked 57th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 6,085 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 57th 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Urbana High School	161	33	488
Graham High School	118	27.8	424
West Liberty-Salem Middle/High School	100	28	357
Mechanicsburg High School	71	29.8	238
Triad High School	54	26.1	207
Urbana Junior High School	0	0	424
Graham Middle School	0	0	376
West Liberty-Salem Middle School	0	0	284
Mechanicsburg Middle School	0	0	206
Triad Middle School	0	0	238
Graham Elementary School	0	0	727
Urbana Elementary School	0	0	880
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School	0	0	528
Dohron Wilson Elementary School	0	0	374
Triad Elementary School	0	0	325