Portage Times

There were 1,454 third grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Leighton Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 240 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	240	35.1	684
West Main Elementary School	164	51.1	321
Streetsboro Elementary School	147	24.3	604
Crestwood Primary School	118	28	422
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	114	33.7	338
Brimfield Elementary School	93	17.7	525
James A. Garfield Elementary School	86	13.2	651
Rootstown Elementary School	72	16.3	441
Suffield Elementary School	64	16.3	393
Walls Elementary School	60	16.3	367
Davey Elementary School	59	13	454
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	53	5.3	995
Waterloo Elementary School	51	12.4	411
Holden Elementary School	47	19.7	239
Longcoy Elementary School	45	16.7	270
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	41	18.2	225
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	400
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	316
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	327
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
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
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
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