Portage Times

There were 1,455 eighth grade students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Harmon Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 246 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Harmon Middle School	246	35.5	693
Stanton Middle School	229	35.4	647
Streetsboro Middle School	148	32.9	450
Field Middle School	140	31	452
Southeast Junior High School	120	33.4	359
Brown Middle School	117	22.5	521
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	102	11	928
Crestwood High School	97	16.6	585
James A. Garfield Middle School	96	52.2	184
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	69	33	209
Waterloo Middle School	50	41.7	120
Windham Junior High School	41	26.5	155
James A. Garfield Elementary School	0	0	637
Waterloo Elementary School	0	0	462
Streetsboro High School	0	0	564
Craddock Elementary School	0	0	418
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
Theodore Roosevelt High School	0	0	1,054
Field High School	0	0	526
Streetsboro Elementary School	0	0	592
James A. Garfield High School	0	0	360
Crestwood Primary School	0	0	390
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	0	0	289
Southeast High School	0	0	397
Longcoy Elementary School	0	0	276
Crestwood Intermediate School	0	0	343
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