Tuscarawas News

There were 1,043 fifth grade students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.4% less 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 244 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Central Elementary School	244	100	244
Dover Avenue Elementary School	194	51.2	379
Claymont Intermediate School	129	37.4	345
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	89	17.7	503
Sandy Valley Elementary School	83	14.3	580
Port Washington Elementary School	67	16.9	397
Midvale Elementary School	63	15.4	408
West Elementary School	56	18.9	297
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	42	16.9	248
Dundee Elementary School	25	15.9	157
Miller Avenue Elementary School	24	13.6	176
Baltic Elementary School	14	10.1	138
Ragersville Elementary School	13	8.7	150
East Elementary School	0	0	134
Claymont High School	0	0	372
Claymont Middle School	0	0	374
Tuscarawas Valley High School	0	0	522
East Elementary School	0	0	239
Tuscarawas Valley Primary School	0	0	221
York Elementary School	0	0	232
Garaway High School	0	0	430
Strasburg-Franklin High School	0	0	265
Tuscarawas Middle School	0	0	400
Indian Valley High School	0	0	421
East Elementary School	0	0	390
South Elementary School	0	0	414
Claymont Elementary School	0	0	265
Newcomerstown Middle School	0	0	206
Joseph Welty Middle School	0	0	646
Newcomerstown High School	0	0	233
Sandy Valley Middle School	0	0	275
New Philadelphia High School	0	0	738
South Elementary School	0	0	440
Sandy Valley High School	0	0	367
Claymont Primary School	0	0	225
Dover High School	0	0	772
Dover Middle School	0	0	607
Quaker Digital Academy	0	0	655
West Elementary School	0	0	201