Lake County Times

Mentor High School had the highest enrollment among Lake County schools, welcoming 2,290 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.4% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 85% of Mentor High School's total enrollment.

Among the 52 schools in Lake County, Riverside Junior-Senior High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,657 students, while North High School welcomed 1,191 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Mentor High School is part of Mentor Exempted Village, which generally encompasses schools within Lake County, with its main office in Mentor.

In the previous school year, Mentor High School still had the highest number of students among Lake County schools.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
Mentor High School	Mentor	2,290
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	Painesville	1,657
North High School	Eastlake	1,191
South High School	Willoughby	1,055
Memorial Middle School	Mentor	886
Madison High School	Madison	797
Harvey High School	Painesville	777
Shore Middle School	Mentor	725
Ridge Elementary School	Mentor	701
Royalview Elementary School	Willowick	701
Madison Middle School	Madison	604
Riverview Elementary School	Painesville	596
North Elementary School	Madison	580
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	Painesville	572
Heritage Middle School	Painesville	568
South Elementary School	Madison	565
Perry Elementary School	Perry	552
Willoughby Middle School	Willoughby	544
Edison Elementary School	Willoughby	542
Parkside Elementary School	Concord Twp	542
Grant Elementary School	Willoughby	540
Wickliffe Elementary School	Wickliffe	532
Hopkins Elementary School	Mentor	494
Kirtland Elementary School	Kirtland	491
Perry High School	Perry	474
Perry Middle School	Perry	459
Longfellow Elementary School	Eastlake	458
Willowick Middle School	Willowick	458
Bellflower Elementary School	Mentor	456
School of Innovation	Willoughby	433
Elm Street Elementary School	Painesville	428
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	Mentor	398
Chestnut Elementary School	Painesville	397
Wickliffe High School	Wickliffe	391
Jefferson Elementary School	Eastlake	388
Wickliffe Middle School	Wickliffe	376
Buckeye Elementary School	Painesville	362
Maple Elementary School	Painesville	350
Kirtland High School	Kirtland	345
Fairfax Elementary School	Mentor	324
Eastlake Middle School	Eastlake	322
Sterling Morton Elementary School	Mentor	316
Fairport Harding High School	Fairport Harbor	315
Lake Elementary School	Mentor On The Lake	306
Melridge Elementary School	Painesville	288
McKinley Elementary School	Fairport Harbor	265
Kirtland Middle School	Kirtland	264
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	Painesville	156
Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Online Academy	Eastlake	46
Summit Academy Community School - Painesville	Painesville	35
Madison Online Learning Academy	Madison	32
Riverside Virtual Academy	Painesville	24