Portage Times

There were 1,435 sixth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 223 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	223	32	697
Stanton Middle School	216	33	654
Streetsboro Middle School	152	33	461
Field Middle School	151	33.9	446
Brown Middle School	122	24.3	502
Southeast Junior High School	119	34.1	349
Crestwood Intermediate School	102	31.9	320
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	92	9.2	995
James A. Garfield Elementary School	86	13.2	651
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	73	33.2	220
Waterloo Middle School	64	36.2	177
Windham Junior High School	35	26.5	132
Leighton Elementary School	0	0	684
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	293
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	338
Brimfield Elementary School	0	0	525
Suffield Elementary School	0	0	393
Rootstown Elementary School	0	0	441
Davey Elementary School	0	0	454
Waterloo Elementary School	0	0	411
Walls Elementary School	0	0	367
Longcoy Elementary School	0	0	270
Holden Elementary School	0	0	239
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
Ravenna High School	0	0	552
Windham High School	0	0	105
Aurora High School	0	0	941
Crestwood High School	0	0	609
Field High School	0	0	528
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
Southeast High School	0	0	374
Streetsboro High School	0	0	592
Waterloo High School	0	0	220