Tri County News

There were 590 kindergarten students enrolled in Darke County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Greenville Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 167 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Greenville Elementary School	167	20	836
Versailles Elementary School	92	19.4	475
Arcanum Elementary School	89	20.5	435
Tri-Village Elementary School	64	15.9	402
Bradford Elementary School	52	19.9	261
Ansonia Elementary School	49	10	489
Franklin Monroe Elementary School	39	13.9	281
Mississinawa Valley Elementary School	38	12.1	314
Franklin Monroe High School	0	0	212
Butler Middle School	0	0	307
Arcanum High School	0	0	291
Mississinawa Valley Junior-Senior High School	0	0	232
Ansonia Middle School	0	0	98
Ansonia High School	0	0	206
Versailles Middle School	0	0	373
Versailles High School	0	0	396
Bradford High School	0	0	231
Greenville Middle School	0	0	674
Greenville Senior High School	0	0	792
Tri-Village High School	0	0	317