Licking Today

There were 540 first grade students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Fredericktown Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 87 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 49th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,014 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Fredericktown Elementary School	87	15.6	556
East Knox Elementary School	72	14.2	507
Centerburg Elementary School	70	15.2	461
Pleasant Street Elementary School	56	17.7	317
Twin Oak Elementary School	55	15	367
Danville Elementary School	45	13.1	343
Columbia Elementary School	44	17.5	251
East Elementary School	41	18	228
Wiggin Street Elementary School	36	16.5	218
Dan Emmett Elementary School	34	13.8	246
Centerburg High School	0	0	296
Danville High School	0	0	241
Centerburg Middle School	0	0	249
East Knox Junior/Senior High School	0	0	390
Mount Vernon Middle School	0	0	823
Fredericktown High School	0	0	323
Mount Vernon High School	0	0	911
Fredericktown Middle School	0	0	261