Tuscarawas News

There were 1,004 fourth grade students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.2% 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 201 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
West Elementary School	201	100	201
Dover Avenue Elementary School	185	48.8	379
Sandy Valley Elementary School	105	18.1	580
Claymont Intermediate School	100	29	345
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	87	17.3	503
West Elementary School	68	22.9	297
Midvale Elementary School	65	15.9	408
Port Washington Elementary School	56	14.1	397
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	43	17.3	248
Dundee Elementary School	24	15.3	157
Ragersville Elementary School	22	14.7	150
Baltic Elementary School	20	14.5	138
Miller Avenue Elementary School	18	10.2	176
Quaker Digital Academy	10	1.5	655
Central Elementary School	0	0	244
Dover Middle School	0	0	607
Dover High School	0	0	772
Claymont Primary School	0	0	225
Sandy Valley High School	0	0	367
South Elementary School	0	0	440
New Philadelphia High School	0	0	738
Sandy Valley Middle School	0	0	275
Newcomerstown High School	0	0	233
Joseph Welty Middle School	0	0	646
Newcomerstown Middle School	0	0	206
Claymont Elementary School	0	0	265
York Elementary School	0	0	232
Tuscarawas Valley Primary School	0	0	221
East Elementary School	0	0	239
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
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