Portage Times

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.

School name	# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Craddock Elementary School	183	45.8	400
Willyard Elementary School	162	51.3	316
Streetsboro Elementary School	144	23.8	604
Southeast Primary Elementary School	99	30.3	327
Brimfield Elementary School	86	16.4	525
James A. Garfield Elementary School	80	12.3	651
Rootstown Elementary School	78	17.7	441
Crestwood Primary School	73	17.3	422
Walls Elementary School	66	18	367
Davey Elementary School	65	14.3	454
Waterloo Elementary School	65	15.8	411
Suffield Elementary School	63	16	393
Longcoy Elementary School	54	20	270
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	46	4.6	995
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	37	16.4	225
Holden Elementary School	31	13	239
Miller Elementary School	0	0	283
West Park Elementary School	0	0	136
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,042
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
Windham High School	0	0	105
Windham Junior High School	0	0	132
Aurora High School	0	0	941
Harmon Middle School	0	0	697
Leighton Elementary School	0	0	684
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	0	320
Crestwood High School	0	0	609
Field High School	0	0	528
Field Middle School	0	0	446
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	361
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	210
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 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