Tri County News

There were 7,205 students enrolled in Shelby County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 50.6% of the county's student body, while the other 49.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 88.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Shelby County schools, followed by multiracial students with 5.9%, 1.7% Black, Non-Hispanic students, 1.6% Hispanic students and 0.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Sidney Middle School had the highest enrollment among Shelby County's 20 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 814 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Sidney Middle School	914	814	-10.9
Sidney High School	887	745	-16
Anna Elementary School	488	521	6.8
Northwood Intermediate School	417	427	2.4
Fort Loramie Elementary School	398	406	2
Hardin Houston Elementary School	416	395	-5
Botkins Elementary School	340	340	0
Longfellow Primary School	350	334	-4.6
Emerson Primary School	347	333	-4
Jackson Center Elementary School	330	323	-2.1
Houston High School	298	306	2.7
Anna High School	304	304	0
Fairlawn Elementary School	289	285	-1.4
Botkins High School	288	275	-4.5
Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School	281	265	-5.7
Anna Middle School	279	260	-6.8
Fairlawn High School	263	251	-4.6
Russia Elementary School	234	222	-5.1
Russia High School	173	179	3.5
Jackson Center High School	171	174	1.8