Portage Times

There were 1,429 sixth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 224 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	224	32.3	693
Stanton Middle School	208	32.1	647
Field Middle School	162	35.8	452
Streetsboro Middle School	146	32.4	450
Brown Middle School	133	25.5	521
Southeast Junior High School	123	34.3	359
Crestwood Intermediate School	107	31.2	343
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	93	10	928
James A. Garfield Elementary School	79	12.4	637
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	71	34	209
Waterloo Elementary School	53	11.5	462
Windham Junior High School	30	19.4	155
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Crestwood High School	0	0	585
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	418
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	120
Waterloo High School	0	0	223
Leighton Elementary School	0	0	678
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	277
Aurora High School	0	0	918
Windham High School	0	0	106
Ravenna High School	0	0	541
West Park Elementary School	0	0	186
Miller Elementary School	0	0	286
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	326
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	0	0	222
West Main Elementary School	0	0	297
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	299
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	314
Rootstown Elementary School	0	0	438
Brimfield Elementary School	0	0	517
Davey Elementary School	0	0	455
Walls Elementary School	0	0	355
Suffield Elementary School	0	0	406
Holden Elementary School	0	0	227
Longcoy Elementary School	0	0	276
Southeast High School	0	0	397
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	289
Crestwood Primary School	0	0	390
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	360
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	184
Streetsboro Elementary School	0	0	592
Field High School	0	0	526
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,054