Tuscarawas News

There were 1,275 ninth grade students enrolled in Tuscarawas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

New Philadelphia High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 240 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
New Philadelphia High School	240	32.5	738
Dover High School	202	26.2	772
Indian Valley High School	144	34.2	421
Quaker Digital Academy	136	20.8	655
Claymont High School	126	33.9	372
Sandy Valley High School	122	33.2	367
Tuscarawas Valley High School	106	20.3	522
Garaway High School	80	18.6	430
Newcomerstown High School	71	30.5	233
Strasburg-Franklin High School	48	18.1	265
Sandy Valley Elementary School	0	0	580
Claymont Intermediate School	0	0	345
Dover Avenue Elementary School	0	0	379
Port Washington Elementary School	0	0	397
Midvale Elementary School	0	0	408
Central Elementary School	0	0	244
Tuscarawas Valley Intermediate School	0	0	503
West Elementary School	0	0	297
Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School	0	0	248
East Elementary School	0	0	134
East Elementary School	0	0	239
Tuscarawas Valley Primary School	0	0	221
York Elementary School	0	0	232
West Elementary School	0	0	201
Ragersville Elementary School	0	0	150
Dundee Elementary School	0	0	157
Miller Avenue Elementary School	0	0	176
Baltic Elementary School	0	0	138
Claymont Elementary School	0	0	265
South Elementary School	0	0	414
East Elementary School	0	0	390
South Elementary School	0	0	440
Claymont Primary School	0	0	225
Newcomerstown Middle School	0	0	206
Sandy Valley Middle School	0	0	275
Claymont Middle School	0	0	374
Tuscarawas Middle School	0	0	400
Dover Middle School	0	0	607
Joseph Welty Middle School	0	0	646