Tuscarawas News

There were 1,070 fourth grade students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

West Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 247 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
West Elementary School	247	100	247
Dover Avenue Elementary School	191	47.2	405
Claymont Intermediate School	130	35.9	362
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	87	30.9	282
Sandy Valley Elementary School	84	15.2	553
Port Washington Elementary School	70	17.6	397
Midvale Elementary School	64	15	426
West Elementary School	57	19.9	287
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	45	17.2	262
Miller Avenue Elementary School	27	14.6	185
Dundee Elementary School	26	16	163
Quaker Digital Academy	17	2.8	606
Baltic Elementary School	14	9.9	141
Ragersville Elementary School	11	7.4	149
South Elementary School	0	0	398
East Elementary School	0	0	376
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
Claymont Primary School	0	0	224
Claymont Middle School	0	0	393
Claymont High School	0	0	385
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
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