Portage Times

There were 18,933 students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.4% of the county's student body, while the other 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 80.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Portage County schools, followed by Black, Non-Hispanic students with 7.5%, 5.3% multiracial students, 2.5% Hispanic students and 2.5% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Theodore Roosevelt High School had the highest enrollment among Portage County's 44 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,056 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Theodore Roosevelt High School	1,076	1,056	-1.9
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	1,026	995	-3
Aurora High School	934	944	1.1
Harmon Middle School	708	697	-1.6
Leighton Elementary School	649	684	5.4
Stanton Middle School	649	655	0.9
James A. Garfield Elementary School	636	651	2.4
Crestwood High School	609	611	0.3
Streetsboro Elementary School	614	604	-1.6
Streetsboro High School	580	594	2.4
Ravenna High School	569	559	-1.8
Field High School	525	528	0.6
Brimfield Elementary School	507	524	3.4
Brown Middle School	594	503	-15.3
Streetsboro Middle School	506	461	-8.9
Davey Elementary School	455	454	-0.2
Field Middle School	461	446	-3.3
Rootstown Elementary School	442	440	-0.5
Crestwood Primary School	437	422	-3.4
Waterloo Elementary School	404	410	1.5
Craddock Elementary School	435	400	-8
Suffield Elementary School	385	393	2.1
Southeast High School	383	376	-1.8
Walls Elementary School	367	367	0
James A. Garfield High School	341	361	5.9
Southeast Junior High School	333	349	4.8
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	330	337	2.1
Southeast Primary Elementary School	310	326	5.2
West Main Elementary School	296	321	8.4
Crestwood Intermediate School	305	320	4.9
Willyard Elementary School	323	316	-2.2
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	316	316	0
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	296	293	-1
Miller Elementary School	243	283	16.5
Longcoy Elementary School	278	271	-2.5
Holden Elementary School	254	240	-5.5
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	216	225	4.2
Waterloo High School	268	220	-17.9
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	226	219	-3.1
James A. Garfield Middle School	228	210	-7.9
Waterloo Middle School	184	178	-3.3
West Park Elementary School	165	136	-17.6
Windham Junior High School	133	132	-0.8
Windham High School	117	106	-9.4