Tuscarawas News

There were 1,020 kindergarten students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

South Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 173 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 14,107 students enrolled in the 2023-24 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
South Elementary School	173	39.3	440
Claymont Primary School	125	55.6	225
York Elementary School	114	49.1	232
East Elementary School	105	43.9	239
Sandy Valley Elementary School	87	15	580
Tuscarawas Valley Primary School	87	39.4	221
East Elementary School	73	54.5	134
Midvale Elementary School	67	16.4	408
Port Washington Elementary School	58	14.6	397
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	37	14.9	248
Miller Avenue Elementary School	26	14.8	176
Baltic Elementary School	23	16.7	138
Dundee Elementary School	23	14.6	157
Ragersville Elementary School	22	14.7	150
Dover High School	0	0	772
Dover Avenue Elementary School	0	0	379
East Elementary School	0	0	390
Claymont Intermediate School	0	0	345
Dover Middle School	0	0	607
Central Elementary School	0	0	244
New Philadelphia High School	0	0	738
South Elementary School	0	0	414
Joseph Welty Middle School	0	0	646
West Elementary School	0	0	201
Newcomerstown Middle School	0	0	206
Newcomerstown High School	0	0	233
Claymont Elementary School	0	0	265
Claymont High School	0	0	372
Claymont Middle School	0	0	374
Quaker Digital Academy	0	0	655
Tuscarawas Valley High School	0	0	522
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	0	0	503
Strasburg-Franklin High School	0	0	265
Tuscarawas Middle School	0	0	400
Indian Valley High School	0	0	421
Garaway High School	0	0	430
Sandy Valley High School	0	0	367
Sandy Valley Middle School	0	0	275
West Elementary School	0	0	297