Tuscarawas News

There were 1,012 third grade students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

South Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 205 students.

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

Statewide, Tuscarawas County ranked 25th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 14,205 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 25th 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
South Elementary School	205	51.5	398
East Elementary School	180	47.9	376
Claymont Intermediate School	113	31.2	362
Sandy Valley Elementary School	101	18.3	553
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	88	31.2	282
West Elementary School	70	24.4	287
Midvale Elementary School	66	15.5	426
Port Washington Elementary School	56	14.1	397
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	44	16.8	262
Dundee Elementary School	24	14.7	163
Ragersville Elementary School	23	15.4	149
Miller Avenue Elementary School	23	12.4	185
Baltic Elementary School	19	13.5	141
Claymont Elementary School	0	0	266
South Elementary School	0	0	457
Tuscarawas Valley Primary School	0	0	250
East Elementary School	0	0	238
York Elementary School	0	0	213
East Elementary School	0	0	122
Quaker Digital Academy	0	0	606
Claymont Primary School	0	0	224
Claymont Middle School	0	0	393
Claymont High School	0	0	385
Dover Avenue Elementary School	0	0	405
Dover High School	0	0	803
Dover Middle School	0	0	581
Central Elementary School	0	0	229
New Philadelphia High School	0	0	732
Joseph Welty Middle School	0	0	652
West Elementary School	0	0	247
Newcomerstown Middle School	0	0	220
Newcomerstown High School	0	0	240
Sandy Valley Middle School	0	0	298
Sandy Valley High School	0	0	359
Garaway High School	0	0	424
Indian Valley High School	0	0	459
Tuscarawas Middle School	0	0	412
Strasburg-Franklin High School	0	0	264
Tuscarawas Valley High School	0	0	311
Tuscarawas Valley Middle School	0	0	404