Portage Times

There were 1,503 eighth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 230 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	230	33	697
Stanton Middle School	202	30.9	654
Streetsboro Middle School	157	34.1	461
Field Middle School	153	34.3	446
Brown Middle School	145	28.9	502
Crestwood High School	118	19.4	609
James A. Garfield Middle School	114	54.3	210
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	107	10.8	995
Southeast Junior High School	105	30.1	349
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	76	34.5	220
Waterloo Middle School	65	36.7	177
Windham Junior High School	31	23.5	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