Portage Times

There were 1,329 third grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Leighton Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 218 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	218	32.2	678
West Main Elementary School	153	51.5	297
Streetsboro Elementary School	127	21.5	592
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	103	32.8	314
Crestwood Primary School	93	23.8	390
Brimfield Elementary School	92	17.8	517
James A. Garfield Elementary School	77	12.1	637
Suffield Elementary School	76	18.7	406
Rootstown Elementary School	69	15.8	438
Waterloo Elementary School	56	12.1	462
Davey Elementary School	56	12.3	455
Walls Elementary School	52	14.6	355
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	46	5	928
Longcoy Elementary School	44	15.9	276
Holden Elementary School	36	15.9	227
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	31	14	222
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	0	0	209
Southeast High School	0	0	397
Field Middle School	0	0	452
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
Field High School	0	0	526
Southeast Junior High School	0	0	359
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 Middle School	0	0	450
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Crestwood High School	0	0	585
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	0	343
Harmon Middle School	0	0	693
Aurora High School	0	0	918
Windham Junior High School	0	0	155
Windham High School	0	0	106
Ravenna High School	0	0	541
Brown Middle School	0	0	521
Stanton Middle School	0	0	647
West Park Elementary School	0	0	186
Miller Elementary School	0	0	286
Southeast Primary Elementary School	0	0	326
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	277
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	418