NW Ohio Times

There were 564 eighth grade students enrolled in Fulton County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Wauseon Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 135 students.

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

Statewide, Fulton County ranked 48th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,039 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked 49th 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
Wauseon Middle School	135	34.7	389
Pike-Delta-York Middle School	99	27	366
Archbold Middle School	96	26.7	359
Swanton Middle School	92	25.5	361
Evergreen Middle School	81	32.8	247
Pettisville High School	39	17.8	219
Fayette Junior-Senior High School	22	16.4	134
Pettisville Elementary School	0	0	257
Fayette Elementary School	0	0	227
Delta Elementary School	0	0	382
Wauseon Primary School	0	0	419
Archbold Elementary School	0	0	427
Pike-Delta-York High School	0	0	353
Swanton Elementary School	0	0	454
Swanton High School	0	0	293
Evergreen High School	0	0	311
Archbold High School	0	0	333
Wauseon High School	0	0	532
Evergreen Elementary School	0	0	589
Wauseon Elementary School	0	0	384