Licking Today

There were 551 kindergarten students enrolled in Knox County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.2% more 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 92 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Fredericktown Elementary School	92	16.5	556
East Knox Elementary School	75	14.8	507
Centerburg Elementary School	68	14.8	461
Twin Oak Elementary School	60	16.3	367
Pleasant Street Elementary School	58	18.3	317
Dan Emmett Elementary School	46	18.7	246
Columbia Elementary School	41	16.3	251
Danville Elementary School	39	11.4	343
Wiggin Street Elementary School	36	16.5	218
East Elementary School	36	15.8	228
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