Portage Times

There were 476 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Davey Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 108 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 Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Davey Elementary School	108	23.7	455
Miller Elementary School	98	34.3	286
Waterloo Elementary School	77	16.7	462
Streetsboro Elementary School	58	9.8	592
James A. Garfield Elementary School	50	7.8	637
Crestwood Primary School	47	12.1	390
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	38	17.1	222
Field High School	0	0	526
Field Middle School	0	0	452
Suffield Elementary School	0	0	406
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	360
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	184
Rootstown Elementary School	0	0	438
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	289
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	209
Southeast High School	0	0	397
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	326
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	359
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	314
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	450
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	299
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	120
Waterloo High School	0	0	223
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	0	0	928
Holden Elementary School	0	0	227
Longcoy Elementary School	0	0	276
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,054
Walls Elementary School	0	0	355
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
West Park Elementary School	0	0	186
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
Brimfield Elementary School	0	0	517