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1,332 students were enrolled for first grade in Portage County schools in 2022-23 school year

Webp superintendent of public instruction j christopher woolard 2023

OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

There were 1,332 first grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Craddock Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 183 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.

Portage County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Pre-kindergartenKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1205001,0001,5002,0002021-22 school year2022-23 school year

First Grade Enrollment in Portage County Schools for 2022-23 School Year

School name# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Craddock Elementary School18345.8400
Willyard Elementary School16251.3316
Streetsboro Elementary School14423.8604
Southeast Primary Elementary School9930.3327
Brimfield Elementary School8616.4525
James A. Garfield Elementary School8012.3651
Rootstown Elementary School7817.7441
Crestwood Primary School7317.3422
Walls Elementary School6618367
Davey Elementary School6514.3454
Waterloo Elementary School6515.8411
Suffield Elementary School6316393
Longcoy Elementary School5420270
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School464.6995
Katherine Thomas Elementary School3716.4225
Holden Elementary School3113239
Miller Elementary School00283
West Park Elementary School00136
Theodore Roosevelt High School001,042
Stanton Middle School00654
Brown Middle School00502
Ravenna High School00552
West Main Elementary School00321
Windham High School00105
Windham Junior High School00132
Aurora High School00941
Harmon Middle School00697
Leighton Elementary School00684
Crestwood Intermediate School00320
Crestwood High School00609
Field High School00528
Field Middle School00446
James A. Garfield High School00361
James A. Garfield Middle School00210
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School00315
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School00220
Southeast High School00374
Southeast Junior High School00349
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School00338
Streetsboro Middle School00461
Streetsboro High School00592
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School00293
Waterloo Middle School00177
Waterloo High School00220

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