Portage Times

There were 1,627 ninth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Aurora High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 241 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Aurora High School	241	25.6	941
Theodore Roosevelt High School	230	22.1	1,042
Streetsboro High School	191	32.3	592
Ravenna High School	177	32.1	552
Field High School	170	32.2	528
James A. Garfield High School	116	32.1	361
Southeast High School	113	30.2	374
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	101	10.2	995
Crestwood High School	100	16.4	609
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	91	28.9	315
Waterloo High School	62	28.2	220
Windham High School	35	33.3	105
Harmon Middle School	0	0	697
Stanton Middle School	0	0	654
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	461
Field Middle School	0	0	446
Brown Middle School	0	0	502
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	210
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	349
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	220
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	177
Windham Junior High School	0	0	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