Butler County Today

Lakota Local School District had the highest enrollment among Butler County districts, welcoming 16,962 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.9% of them were boys, and 48.1% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 59.7% of Lakota Local School District's total enrollment.

Among the 10 districts in Butler County, Hamilton City School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 8,934 students , while Fairfield City School District welcomed 8,884 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Lakota Local School District generally encompasses schools within Butler County with its main office in Liberty Township.

In the previous school year, Lakota Local School District also had the highest number of students among Butler County districts.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Lakota Local School District	Liberty Township	16,962
Hamilton City School District	Hamilton	8,934
Fairfield City School District	Fairfield	8,884
Middletown City School District	Middletown	5,823
Edgewood City School District	Trenton	3,443
Talawanda City School District	Oxford	2,860
Monroe Local School District	Monroe	2,685
Ross Local School District	Hamilton	2,527
Madison Local School District	Middletown	1,450
New Miami Local School District	Hamilton	614