Tri County News

There were 1,239 fourth grade students enrolled in Miami County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Piqua Central Intermediate School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 265 students.

Within Miami County schools, the highest student count was found in eighth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Miami County ranked 24th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 15,046 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 24th 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
Piqua Central Intermediate School	265	36.2	733
L. T. Ball Intermediate School	197	54.1	364
Bethel Elementary School	161	17.3	928
Concord Elementary School	110	17.7	622
Miami East Elementary School	98	15.6	630
Milton-Union Elementary School	94	15.3	614
Forest Elementary School	73	34.4	212
Cookson Elementary School	54	17.5	308
Covington Elementary School	53	12.6	419
Hook Elementary School	47	16.4	286
Newton Elementary School	47	13.2	355
Heywood Elementary School	40	14.8	271
Broadway Elementary School	0	0	351
Washington Primary Elementary School	0	0	516
Springcreek Primary Elementary School	0	0	491
Kyle Elementary School	0	0	206
Nevin Coppock Elementary School	0	0	337
Piqua High School	0	0	749
Piqua Junior High School	0	0	497
Troy High School	0	0	1,090
Troy Junior High School	0	0	612
Van Cleve Elementary School	0	0	322
Covington High School	0	0	180
Covington Junior High School	0	0	129
Milton-Union Middle School	0	0	340
Milton-Union High School	0	0	328
Tippecanoe High School	0	0	731
Tippecanoe Middle School	0	0	578
Bethel High School	0	0	435
Bethel Middle School	0	0	481
Miami East Junior High School	0	0	305
Miami East High School	0	0	365
Newton High School	0	0	238