Portage Times

There were 458 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Davey Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 105 students.

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

Statewide, Portage County ranked 20th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 18,933 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 20th 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 Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Davey Elementary School	105	23.1	454
Miller Elementary School	88	31.1	283
Waterloo Elementary School	75	18.2	411
Streetsboro Elementary School	63	10.4	604
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	46	20.4	225
Crestwood Primary School	41	9.7	422
James A. Garfield Elementary School	40	6.1	651
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	0	0	995
Holden Elementary School	0	0	239
Longcoy Elementary School	0	0	270
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,042
Walls Elementary School	0	0	367
Stanton Middle School	0	0	654
Brown Middle School	0	0	502
Ravenna High School	0	0	552
West Main Elementary School	0	0	321
West Park Elementary School	0	0	136
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	316
Windham High School	0	0	105
Windham Junior High School	0	0	132
Aurora High School	0	0	941
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	400
Harmon Middle School	0	0	697
Leighton Elementary School	0	0	684
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	0	320
Crestwood High School	0	0	609
Brimfield Elementary School	0	0	525
Field High School	0	0	528
Field Middle School	0	0	446
Suffield Elementary School	0	0	393
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	361
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	210
Rootstown Elementary School	0	0	441
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	315
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	220
Southeast High School	0	0	374
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	327
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	349
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	338
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	461
Streetsboro High School	0	0	592
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	293
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	177
Waterloo High School	0	0	220