Portage Times

There were 1,431 fifth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Leighton Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 221 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	221	32.3	684
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	147	50.2	293
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	127	37.6	338
Brown Middle School	125	24.9	502
Crestwood Intermediate School	106	33.1	320
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	97	9.7	995
Brimfield Elementary School	91	17.3	525
James A. Garfield Elementary School	81	12.4	651
Suffield Elementary School	71	18.1	393
Rootstown Elementary School	69	15.6	441
Davey Elementary School	61	13.4	454
Waterloo Elementary School	60	14.6	411
Walls Elementary School	59	16.1	367
Longcoy Elementary School	45	16.7	270
Holden Elementary School	43	18	239
Windham Junior High School	28	21.2	132
West Main Elementary School	0	0	321
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	0	0	225
Streetsboro Elementary School	0	0	604
Crestwood Primary School	0	0	422
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
Ravenna High School	0	0	552
Windham High School	0	0	105
Aurora High School	0	0	941
Harmon Middle School	0	0	697
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
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	177
Waterloo High School	0	0	220