Portage Times

There were 1,442 fifth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Leighton Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 223 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Leighton Elementary School	223	32.9	678
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	149	49.8	299
Brown Middle School	149	28.6	521
Crestwood Intermediate School	118	34.4	343
James A. Garfield Elementary School	106	16.6	637
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	98	31.2	314
Rootstown Elementary School	87	19.9	438
Brimfield Elementary School	79	15.3	517
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	77	8.3	928
Waterloo Elementary School	61	13.2	462
Davey Elementary School	56	12.3	455
Walls Elementary School	55	15.5	355
Suffield Elementary School	54	13.3	406
Windham Junior High School	45	29	155
Holden Elementary School	45	19.8	227
Longcoy Elementary School	40	14.5	276
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
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
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
Streetsboro Middle School	0	0	450
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Crestwood High School	0	0	585
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	418
Willyard Elementary School	0	0	277
Harmon Middle School	0	0	693
Aurora High School	0	0	918
Windham High School	0	0	106
Ravenna High School	0	0	541
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
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	0	0	222
West Main Elementary School	0	0	297