Portage Times

There were 1,469 seventh grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 244 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	244	35	697
Stanton Middle School	236	36.1	654
Streetsboro Middle School	152	33	461
Field Middle School	142	31.8	446
Southeast Junior High School	125	35.8	349
Brown Middle School	110	21.9	502
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	104	10.5	995
Crestwood High School	103	16.9	609
James A. Garfield Middle School	96	45.7	210
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	71	32.3	220
Waterloo Middle School	48	27.1	177
Windham Junior High School	38	28.8	132
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	0	320
James A. Garfield Elementary School	0	0	651
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
Field High School	0	0	528
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	361
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