Cincy Reporter

There were 13,726 eighth grade students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Hilliard Weaver Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 453 students.

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

Statewide, Franklin County ranked first in enrollment numbers, with a total of 176,656 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked first 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Hilliard Weaver Middle School	453	52.1	869
Hilliard Heritage Middle School	400	50.3	796
Pleasant View Middle School	398	52.6	756
Hilliard Memorial Middle School	396	50.1	791
New Albany Middle School	383	49.3	777
Jackson Middle School	331	49	676
Norton Middle School	329	49.2	669
Finland Middle School	324	51.3	632
Canal Winchester Middle School	306	33.4	916
Walnut Springs Middle School	300	33.1	906
Brookpark Middle School	296	46.4	638
Hamilton Middle School	285	53.6	532
Henry Karrer Middle School	284	34	835
Waggoner Road Junior High School	278	51.1	544
Woodward Park Middle School	276	33.5	824
Ann Simpson Davis Middle School	273	33.5	816
Blendon Middle School	242	34.1	710
Hastings Middle School	239	33.7	709
Gahanna West Middle School	237	38.6	614
Rosemore Middle School	234	31.6	741
Jones Middle School	229	31.7	722
Gahanna East Middle School	229	35.6	644
Dominion Middle School	226	31.4	720
John Sells Middle School	222	32.3	688
Worthingway Middle School	209	34.2	611
Bexley Middle School	201	33.4	602
Gahanna South Middle School	197	32	616
Wedgewood Middle School	179	33.9	528
Groveport Madison Middle School North	177	35.2	503
Great River Connections Academy	175	11.9	1,476
Perry Middle School	174	35.4	492
Arts Impact Middle School (Aims)	172	33.3	517
Ridgeview Middle School	167	33	506
Baldwin Road Junior High School	164	27	607
McCord Middle School	162	28.4	570
Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School	161	33.3	484
Hilltonia Middle School	159	34.8	457
Westmoor Middle School	158	36.8	429
World Language Middle School	157	34.7	453
Groveport Madison Middle School Central	156	33.9	460
South High School	152	17.4	873
Sherwood Middle School	152	35.4	429
Groveport Madison Middle School South	148	32.5	456
Medina Middle School	146	34.2	427
Mifflin Alternative Middle School	145	37.1	391
KIPP Columbus	144	7.7	1,876
Kilbourne Middle School	139	32.6	426
Buckeye Middle School	131	35	374
Yorktown Middle School	131	34.7	377
Hannah J. Ashton Middle School	127	27.5	461
Johnson Park Middle School	126	34.6	364
Linden-McKinley STEM Academy	121	16.6	727
Champion Middle School	120	35	343
Metro Early College High School	102	11.8	862
Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls	82	37.6	218
Larson Middle School	81	18.6	436
Columbus Collegiate Academy - West	77	33.2	232
Starling PK-8	75	14	536
Phoenix Middle School	72	50	144
Great Western Academy	63	9.6	656
Indianola Informal K-8 School	62	9.1	680
Berwick Alternative K-8 School	61	9.6	634
Patriot Preparatory Academy	58	8.3	698
Columbus Collegiate Academy	57	26.3	217
Columbus Preparatory and Fitness Academy	57	14.7	387
Cornerstone Academy Community School	56	5.7	982
Groveport Community School	56	9.2	612
Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School	55	32.9	167
Columbus Preparatory Academy	52	6.3	822
Focus Learning Academy of Northern Columbus	52	8	651
Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy	50	8	625
Arts & College Preparatory Academy	50	10.6	472
Columbus Arts & Technology Academy	47	10.2	463
Columbus Bilingual Academy-North	47	10	469
Millennium Community School	45	12.2	368
Graham Elementary and Middle School	44	14	314
A+ Arts Academy	40	9.8	409
Midnimo Cross Cultural Community School	38	28.4	134
Zenith Academy	38	8.4	451
International Academy of Columbus	38	12.1	314
Westwood Preparatory Academy	37	15	247
Eastland Preparatory Academy	35	9.7	359
Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys	32	30.2	106
Zenith Academy East	32	10.6	303
South Scioto Academy	28	13.9	202
Performance Academy Eastland	27	10.1	268
Whitehall Preparatory and Fitness Academy	25	7.8	322
Noble Academy-Columbus	25	8.9	281
Valor Academy Inc.	25	30.9	81
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy	24	12.9	186
South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield	18	6.7	267
Central Point Preparatory Academy	18	8.6	209
East Bridge Academy of Excellence	17	16.8	101
Bridge Gate Community School	17	8.4	202
Columbus Performance Academy	15	9.3	161
Oakstone Community School	15	8.2	182
South Columbus Preparatory Academy at German Village	14	5.3	264
North Columbus Preparatory Academy	14	8.7	161
Capital Collegiate Preparatory Academy	12	8.8	136
Columbus Scioto 6-12	11	12.8	86
Zenith Academy West	10	7.1	141
Summit Academy Middle School - Columbus	0	0	14
Westside Academy	0	0	287
Hilliard Station Sixth Grade Elementary School	0	0	750
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School	0	0	505
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School	0	0	722
Park Street Intermediate School	0	0	701
Holt Crossing Intermediate School	0	0	687
New Albany Intermediate School	0	0	1,121
Waggoner Road Middle School	0	0	619
Franklin Woods Intermediate School	0	0	622
Hayes Intermediate School	0	0	491
Hamilton Intermediate School	0	0	684
Hamilton STEM Academy (K-6)	0	0	395
Linden STEM Academy (K-6)	0	0	380
Livingston Elementary School	0	0	329
Windsor STEM Academy (K-6)	0	0	341
Sullivant Avenue Community School	0	0	279
Siebert Elementary School	0	0	326
Moler Elementary School	0	0	306
Fairwood Alternative Elementary School	0	0	233
South Mifflin STEM Academy (K-6)	0	0	253
Southwood Elementary School	0	0	278
Lincoln Park Elementary School	0	0	264
Imagine Columbus Primary School	0	0	210
Stewart Alternative Elementary School	0	0	312
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy	0	0	72
Winchester Trail Elementary School	0	0	939
Darby Creek Elementary School	0	0	526
Norwich Elementary School	0	0	442
Horizon Science Academy Elementary School	0	0	395
Beechwood Elementary School	0	0	497
Northgate Intermediate School	0	0	271
Etna Road Elementary School	0	0	508
Barrington Road Elementary School	0	0	766
Tremont Elementary School	0	0	688
Blacklick Elementary School	0	0	646
Lincoln Elementary School	0	0	718
Mary Emma Bailey Elementary School	0	0	540
Daniel Wright Elementary School	0	0	531
High Point Elementary School	0	0	530
Albert Chapman Elementary School	0	0	505
Griffith Thomas Elementary School	0	0	488
Hoffman Trails Elementary School	0	0	460
Scottish Corners Elementary School	0	0	489
Windermere Elementary School	0	0	556
Ridgewood Elementary School	0	0	596
Bluffsview Elementary School	0	0	428
McVay Elementary School	0	0	577
Worthington Estates Elementary School	0	0	545
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School	0	0	571
Sedalia Elementary School	0	0	635
J. W. Reason Elementary School	0	0	489
Hopewell Elementary School	0	0	465
Hanby Building Elementary School	0	0	355
Hilliard Crossing Elementary School	0	0	526
Columbus Africentric Early College Elementary School	0	0	420
Hawthorne Elementary School	0	0	533
Evening Street Elementary School	0	0	531
Worthington Hills Elementary School	0	0	524
Glendening Elementary School	0	0	472
Greensview Elementary School	0	0	469
Slate Hill Elementary School	0	0	448
Asbury Elementary School	0	0	480
Beacon Elementary School	0	0	482
Clinton Elementary School	0	0	466
Georgian Heights Alternative Elementary School	0	0	465
Wyandot Elementary School	0	0	470
Groveport Elementary School	0	0	466
Dunloe Elementary School	0	0	485
Wickliffe Elementary School	0	0	472
Scioto Darby Elementary School	0	0	384
Whittier Elementary School	0	0	369
Washington Elementary School	0	0	454
Avery Elementary School	0	0	429
Jefferson Elementary School	0	0	482
Brown Elementary School	0	0	448
Olde Orchard Alternative Elementary School	0	0	494
Huber Ridge Elementary School	0	0	430
Annehurst Elementary School	0	0	402
Ecole Kenwood French Immersion	0	0	453
Cassingham Elementary School	0	0	490
Mark Twain Elementary School	0	0	442
Indian Run Elementary School	0	0	429
Olde Sawmill Elementary School	0	0	343
Wilder Elementary School	0	0	471
Indian Springs Elementary School	0	0	362
Granby Elementary School	0	0	426
Chapelfield Elementary School	0	0	431
Scottwood Elementary School	0	0	443
Huy/A.G. Bell Elementary School	0	0	426
Colonial Hills Elementary School	0	0	381
Goshen Lane Elementary School	0	0	406
Forest Park Elementary School	0	0	380
Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School	0	0	349
Devonshire Alternative Elementary School	0	0	433
Cherrington Elementary School	0	0	346
Liberty Elementary School	0	0	524
Gables Elementary School	0	0	429
West Broad Elementary School	0	0	386
Worthington Park Elementary School	0	0	376
North Linden Elementary School	0	0	328
East Columbus Elementary School	0	0	371
Montrose Elementary School	0	0	336
Binns Elementary School	0	0	302
Royal Manor Elementary School	0	0	404
Wilson Hill Elementary School	0	0	414
Madison Elementary School	0	0	352
Highland Elementary School	0	0	319
Brookside Elementary School	0	0	333
Parsons Elementary School	0	0	363
Liberty Elementary School	0	0	405
Easthaven Elementary School	0	0	414
West Mound Elementary School	0	0	323
Oakmont Elementary School	0	0	288
Riverside Elementary School	0	0	291
East Linden Elementary School	0	0	300
Burroughs Elementary School	0	0	398
Winterset Elementary School	0	0	303
United Preparatory Academy East	0	0	262
Parkmoor Elementary School	0	0	281
Maryland Elementary School	0	0	326
Leawood Elementary School	0	0	313
Salem Elementary School	0	0	312
Maize Road Elementary School	0	0	316
Columbus Spanish Immersion K-7 School	0	0	457
United Preparatory Academy	0	0	257
Lindbergh Elementary School	0	0	238
Valley Forge Elementary School	0	0	252
Shady Lane Elementary School	0	0	344
Cassady Alternative Elementary School	0	0	321
Northtowne Elementary School	0	0	309
Valleyview Elementary School	0	0	287
Weinland Park Elementary School	0	0	324
Watkins Elementary School	0	0	289
Eastgate Elementary School	0	0	209
Westgate Alternative Elementary School	0	0	270
Cesar Chavez College Preparatory School	0	0	313
Woodcrest Elementary School	0	0	256
Oakland Park Alternative Elementary School	0	0	275
Pointview Elementary School	0	0	233
Cranbrook Elementary School	0	0	268
Fairmoor Elementary School	0	0	356
Innis Elementary School	0	0	215
Eakin Elementary School	0	0	265
Sullivant Elementary School	0	0	267
Broadleigh Elementary School	0	0	279
Hubbard Elementary School	0	0	254
Duxberry Park Alternative Elementary School	0	0	200
Avondale Elementary School	0	0	239
Ohio Avenue Elementary School	0	0	246
Como Elementary School	0	0	240
Colerain Elementary School	0	0	162
Emerson Elementary School	0	0	206
Educational Academy for Boys & Girls	0	0	144
Trevitt Elementary School	0	0	215
Beatty Park Elementary School	0	0	48
West Elementary School	0	0	847
Buckeye Woods Elementary School	0	0	759
Stiles Elementary School	0	0	623
JC Sommer Elementary School	0	0	568
Bolton Crossing Elementary School	0	0	694
Alton Hall Elementary School	0	0	520
Darby Woods Elementary School	0	0	541
Prairie Norton Elementary School	0	0	526
Prairie Lincoln Elementary School	0	0	540
West Franklin Elementary School	0	0	485
Herbert Mills Elementary School	0	0	389
French Run Elementary School	0	0	513
Monterey Elementary School	0	0	434
James A. Harmon Elementary School	0	0	564
Finland Elementary School	0	0	373
Highland Park Elementary School	0	0	446
Darbydale Elementary School	0	0	394
Richard Avenue Elementary School	0	0	389
Rose Hill Elementary School	0	0	388
East Franklin Elementary School	0	0	250
A+ Children's Academy	0	0	71
Kids Care Elementary School	0	0	121
New Albany Primary School	0	0	1,054
Hamilton Elementary School	0	0	963
Stevenson Elementary School	0	0	367
Avalon Elementary School	0	0	383
Alpine Elementary School	0	0	308
Eagle Charter Schools of Ohio	0	0	73
Indian Trail Elementary School	0	0	687
Alton Darby Elementary School	0	0	512
Britton Elementary School	0	0	454
Horizon Science Academy Primary	0	0	409
Focus Learning Academy of Central Columbus	0	0	117
Kae Avenue Elementary School	0	0	633
New Albany Early Learning Center	0	0	453
Special Education Center	0	0	127
Capital City Career Prep High School	0	0	135
Early College Academy	0	0	127
Charles School at Ohio Dominican University	0	0	292
North Woods Career Prep High School	0	0	93
Mason Run High School	0	0	137
Road to Success Academy	0	0	41
Central High School	0	0	104
Capital High School	0	0	97
The Academy for Urban Scholars	0	0	340
Focus North High School	0	0	184
Ohio Construction Academy	0	0	99
Flex High School	0	0	360
Franklinton Prep High School	0	0	217
Franklinton High School	0	0	111
Bexley High School	0	0	721
East High School	0	0	408
Columbus North International School (7-12)	0	0	365
Marion-Franklin High School	0	0	431
Columbus Alternative High School	0	0	742
Mifflin High School	0	0	710
Northland High School	0	0	878
Walnut Ridge High School	0	0	654
West High School	0	0	726
Whetstone High School	0	0	940
Briggs High School	0	0	945
Independence High School	0	0	638
Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School	0	0	695
Beechcroft High School	0	0	645
Centennial High School	0	0	727
Eastmoor Academy	0	0	651
Columbus Africentric Early College High School	0	0	341
Grandview Heights High School	0	0	329
Franklin Heights High School	0	0	1,290
Grove City High School	0	0	1,844
Westland High School	0	0	1,771
Central Crossing High School	0	0	1,624
Upper Arlington High School	0	0	1,820
Westerville-South High School	0	0	1,418
Whitehall Yearling High School	0	0	782
Thomas Worthington High School	0	0	1,689
Worthington Kilbourne High School	0	0	1,412
Canal Winchester High School	0	0	1,169
Hamilton Township High School	0	0	751
Lincoln High School	0	0	2,283
Groveport Madison High School	0	0	1,745
New Albany High School	0	0	1,574
Hilliard Bradley High School	0	0	1,566
Hilliard Davidson High School	0	0	1,796
Hilliard Online Academy	0	0	107
Hilliard Darby High School	0	0	1,515
Dublin Coffman High School	0	0	1,793
Dublin Scioto High School	0	0	1,318
YB Columbus Community School	0	0	232
Graham School the	0	0	140
Horizon Science Academy Columbus	0	0	496
Focus Learning Academy of Southwest Columbus	0	0	344
Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus	0	0	214