Licking Today

There were 539 kindergarten students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Fredericktown Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 83 students.

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

Statewide, Knox County ranked 48th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,140 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 48th 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Fredericktown Elementary School	83	15.3	543
Centerburg Elementary School	77	15.8	486
East Knox Elementary School	69	13.7	505
Pleasant Street Elementary School	55	16.2	339
Twin Oak Elementary School	51	14.4	355
Danville Elementary School	45	12.4	364
Columbia Elementary School	44	18	245
Dan Emmett Elementary School	42	16.2	260
East Elementary School	38	16.5	230
Wiggin Street Elementary School	35	16.6	211
Mount Vernon High School	0	0	950
Mount Vernon Middle School	0	0	832
Centerburg Middle School	0	0	272
Centerburg High School	0	0	290
Danville High School	0	0	236
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	0	0	406
Fredericktown High School	0	0	329
Fredericktown Middle School	0	0	259