Tri County News

There were 571 seventh grade students enrolled in Darke County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Greenville Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 165 students.

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

Statewide, Darke County ranked 43rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,630 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 43rd 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Greenville Middle School	165	24.5	674
Versailles Middle School	94	25.2	373
Butler Middle School	82	26.7	307
Tri-Village High School	64	20.2	317
Mississinawa Valley Junior-Senior High School	49	21.1	232
Bradford High School	43	18.6	231
Franklin Monroe High School	38	17.9	212
Ansonia Middle School	36	36.7	98
Greenville Elementary School	0	0	836
Versailles Elementary School	0	0	475
Arcanum Elementary School	0	0	435
Arcanum High School	0	0	291
Ansonia High School	0	0	206
Versailles High School	0	0	396
Bradford Elementary School	0	0	261
Greenville Senior High School	0	0	792
Franklin Monroe Elementary School	0	0	281
Mississinawa Valley Elementary School	0	0	314
Ansonia Elementary School	0	0	489
Tri-Village Elementary School	0	0	402