Portage Times

There were 491 Asian or Pacific Islander students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Portage County welcomed 18,712 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Asian or Pacific Islander students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Portage County, Leighton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian or Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 89 students.

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 Asian or Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	13.1	678
Harmon Middle School	11.2	694
Aurora High School	7.8	920
Craddock Elementary School	9.8	419
Miller Elementary School	14	286
Streetsboro Elementary School	5.8	591
Brimfield Elementary School	4.8	517
Theodore Roosevelt High School	2.1	1,066
Streetsboro Middle School	4.4	450
Stanton Middle School	2.5	647
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	1.6	928
Streetsboro High School	2.5	567
Walls Elementary School	3.9	356
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	3.7	299
Ravenna High School	0	547
Windham Junior High School	0	155
Davey Elementary School	0	456
Windham High School	0	106
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	0	222
Suffield Elementary School	0	406
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	343
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	0	313
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	326
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	289
Waterloo High School	0	224
Southeast Junior High School	0	358
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	209
James A. Garfield High School	0	361
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	183
Waterloo Middle School	0	119
Field High School	0	528
Crestwood Primary School	0	390
Field Middle School	0	452
James A. Garfield Elementary School	0	636
Holden Elementary School	0	228
Willyard Elementary School	0	277
Southeast High School	0	399
Waterloo Elementary School	0	463
West Park Elementary School	0	186
Longcoy Elementary School	0	276
Brown Middle School	0	522
Rootstown Elementary School	0	438
Crestwood High School	0	585
West Main Elementary School	0	297