Portage Times

There were 14,929 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less 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, non-Hispanic white students comprised 79.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Portage County, Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 834 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 non-Hispanic white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	89.9	928
Theodore Roosevelt High School	71.3	1,066
Aurora High School	81.2	920
James A. Garfield Elementary School	95.3	636
Crestwood High School	92.8	585
Harmon Middle School	77.4	694
Leighton Elementary School	77.7	678
Field High School	92.4	528
Stanton Middle School	66.5	647
Waterloo Elementary School	90.7	463
Streetsboro High School	71.1	567
Brimfield Elementary School	77.2	517
Rootstown Elementary School	90.6	438
Streetsboro Elementary School	66.7	591
Field Middle School	85.8	452
Suffield Elementary School	95.1	406
Southeast High School	93.5	399
Ravenna High School	67.3	547
Brown Middle School	66.1	522
James A. Garfield High School	95	361
Crestwood Primary School	87.7	390
Southeast Junior High School	94.7	358
Craddock Elementary School	77.8	419
Southeast Primary Elementary School	95.4	326
Crestwood Intermediate School	88	343
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	94.2	313
Davey Elementary School	63.4	456
Streetsboro Middle School	62.9	450
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	93.1	289
Walls Elementary School	71.1	356
Miller Elementary School	72.4	286
Waterloo High School	92	224
West Main Elementary School	68.4	297
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	91.9	209
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	61.9	299
Willyard Elementary School	66.4	277
James A. Garfield Middle School	96.2	183
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	76.1	222
Longcoy Elementary School	60.1	276
Holden Elementary School	57	228
West Park Elementary School	64.5	186
Waterloo Middle School	96.6	119
Windham Junior High School	67.7	155
Windham High School	69.8	106