Portage Times

There were 1,444 fourth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Leighton Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 237 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	237	35	678
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	150	50.2	299
West Main Elementary School	144	48.5	297
Crestwood Intermediate School	118	34.4	343
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	113	36	314
Brimfield Elementary School	96	18.6	517
James A. Garfield Elementary School	86	13.5	637
Rootstown Elementary School	71	16.2	438
Suffield Elementary School	68	16.7	406
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	59	6.4	928
Walls Elementary School	58	16.3	355
Davey Elementary School	55	12.1	455
Waterloo Elementary School	54	11.7	462
Holden Elementary School	48	21.1	227
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	44	19.8	222
Longcoy Elementary School	43	15.6	276
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	326
Miller Elementary School	0	0	286
West Park Elementary School	0	0	186
Stanton Middle School	0	0	647
Brown Middle School	0	0	521
Ravenna High School	0	0	541
Windham High School	0	0	106
Windham Junior High School	0	0	155
Aurora High School	0	0	918
Harmon Middle School	0	0	693
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	277
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	418
Crestwood High School	0	0	585
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	450
Waterloo Middle School	0	0	120
Waterloo High School	0	0	223
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,054
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	359
Field High School	0	0	526
James A. Garfield Middle School	0	0	184
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	360
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	289
Field Middle School	0	0	452
Southeast High School	0	0	397
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	209
Crestwood Primary School	0	0	390
Streetsboro Elementary School	0	0	592