Tuscarawas News

There were 1,103 fifth grade students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Central Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 229 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Central Elementary School	229	100	229
Dover Avenue Elementary School	214	52.8	405
Claymont Intermediate School	119	32.9	362
Tuscarawas Valley Middle School	113	28	404
Sandy Valley Elementary School	80	14.5	553
West Elementary School	68	23.7	287
Midvale Elementary School	66	15.5	426
Port Washington Elementary School	61	15.4	397
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	44	16.8	262
Ragersville Elementary School	27	18.1	149
Miller Avenue Elementary School	24	13	185
Dundee Elementary School	24	14.7	163
Baltic Elementary School	21	14.9	141
Quaker Digital Academy	13	2.1	606
West Elementary School	0	0	247
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	0	0	282
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
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