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Male students represented largest slice of Portage County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

In the 2023-24 school year, 51.8% of students enrolled in Portage County schools were male, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

There were 18,714 students in the halls of Portage County schools, comprised of 9,692 male students (51.8%) and 9,022 female pupils (48.2%).

During the previous school year, Portage County’s student body consisted of 51.4% male and 48.6% female.

Across the state, 51.3% of students were male and 48.7% were female.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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.

Enrollment in Portage County by Gender Over 5 Years

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Enrollment by Gender in Portage County Schools in 2023-24 School Year

School name% Male% FemaleTotal Students Enrolled
Aurora High School53.2%46.8%920
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School55.5%44.5%928
Brimfield Elementary School57.3%42.7%518
Brown Middle School52.3%47.7%522
Craddock Elementary School61%39%418
Crestwood High School47%53%585
Crestwood Intermediate School51.7%48.3%344
Crestwood Primary School51.4%48.6%391
Davey Elementary School57%43%456
Field High School49.4%50.6%528
Field Middle School50.7%49.3%452
Harmon Middle School49%51%694
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School40.1%59.9%299
Holden Elementary School50.7%49.3%227
James A. Garfield Elementary School53.6%46.4%636
James A. Garfield High School52.1%47.9%361
James A. Garfield Middle School45.4%54.6%183
Katherine Thomas Elementary School54.3%45.7%223
Leighton Elementary School51%49%678
Longcoy Elementary School52%48%275
Miller Elementary School51.4%48.6%286
Ravenna High School54.5%45.5%547
Rootstown Elementary School53.5%46.5%439
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School53.6%46.4%209
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School49.1%50.9%289
Southeast High School46.1%53.9%399
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School54.5%45.5%314
Southeast Junior High School53.1%46.9%358
Southeast Primary Elementary School52%48%325
Stanton Middle School50.7%49.3%647
Streetsboro Elementary School53.5%46.5%591
Streetsboro High School50.5%49.5%566
Streetsboro Middle School53.1%46.9%450
Suffield Elementary School51.5%48.5%406
Theodore Roosevelt High School48.9%51.1%1,066
Walls Elementary School48.9%51.1%356
Waterloo Elementary School51.4%48.6%463
Waterloo High School46%54%224
Waterloo Middle School47.9%52.1%119
West Main Elementary School53.5%46.5%297
West Park Elementary School52.7%47.3%186
Willyard Elementary School53.4%46.6%277
Windham High School50.5%49.5%107
Windham Junior High School54.2%45.8%155

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