Portage Times

There were 1,290 kindergarten students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Miller Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 188 students.

Within Portage County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Portage County ranked 21st in enrollment numbers, with a total of 18,712 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Miller Elementary School	188	65.7	286
West Park Elementary School	186	100	186
Streetsboro Elementary School	119	20.1	592
Southeast Primary Elementary School	99	30.4	326
Crestwood Primary School	85	21.8	390
Brimfield Elementary School	80	15.5	517
James A. Garfield Elementary School	71	11.1	637
Suffield Elementary School	71	17.5	406
Rootstown Elementary School	67	15.3	438
Waterloo Elementary School	61	13.2	462
Walls Elementary School	58	16.3	355
Davey Elementary School	57	12.5	455
Longcoy Elementary School	48	17.4	276
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	36	3.9	928
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	35	15.8	222
Holden Elementary School	29	12.8	227
Stanton Middle School	0	0	647
Brown Middle School	0	0	521
Ravenna High School	0	0	541
West Main Elementary School	0	0	297
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	277
Windham High School	0	0	106
Windham Junior High School	0	0	155
Aurora High School	0	0	918
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	418
Harmon Middle School	0	0	693
Leighton Elementary School	0	0	678
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	0	343
Crestwood High School	0	0	585
Field High School	0	0	526
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,054
Waterloo High School	0	0	223
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	120
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	299
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	450
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	314
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	359
Field Middle School	0	0	452
Southeast High School	0	0	397
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	209
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	289
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	360
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	184