Portage Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Portage County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2023-24 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 18,712 students attending Portage County schools, 79.8% were non-Hispanic white. Non-Hispanic black students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 7.6% of Portage County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Portage County, representing 80.9% of the student body.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.2% when compared to the previous year.

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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
Waterloo Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	96.6%	119
James A. Garfield Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	96.2%	183
Southeast Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.4%	326
James A. Garfield Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	636
Suffield Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.1%	406
James A. Garfield High School	Non-Hispanic White	95%	361
Southeast Junior High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.7%	358
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.2%	313
Southeast High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.5%	399
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.1%	289
Crestwood High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.8%	585
Field High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.4%	528
Waterloo High School	Non-Hispanic White	92%	224
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	91.9%	209
Waterloo Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	90.7%	463
Rootstown Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	90.6%	438
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	Non-Hispanic White	89.9%	928
Crestwood Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	88%	343
Crestwood Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	87.7%	390
Field Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	85.8%	452
Aurora High School	Non-Hispanic White	81.2%	920
Craddock Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	77.8%	419
Leighton Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	77.7%	678
Harmon Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	77.4%	694
Brimfield Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	77.2%	517
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	76.1%	222
Miller Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	72.4%	286
Theodore Roosevelt High School	Non-Hispanic White	71.3%	1,066
Streetsboro High School	Non-Hispanic White	71.1%	567
Walls Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	71.1%	356
Windham High School	Non-Hispanic White	69.8%	106
West Main Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	68.4%	297
Windham Junior High School	Non-Hispanic White	67.7%	155
Ravenna High School	Non-Hispanic White	67.3%	547
Streetsboro Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	66.7%	591
Stanton Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	66.5%	647
Willyard Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	66.4%	277
Brown Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	66.1%	522
West Park Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	64.5%	186
Davey Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	63.4%	456
Streetsboro Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	62.9%	450
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	61.9%	299
Longcoy Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	60.1%	276
Holden Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	57%	228