Lake County Times

There were 156 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 113.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Perry Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 71 students.

Within Lake County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Lake County ranked 14th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 27,368 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 14th 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 Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Perry Elementary School	71	12.8	553
Wickliffe Elementary School	62	11.7	532
Kirtland Elementary School	23	4.7	491
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	0	0	155
Chestnut Elementary School	0	0	396
Harvey High School	0	0	777
Elm Street Elementary School	0	0	429
Maple Elementary School	0	0	350
Heritage Middle School	0	0	568
Wickliffe High School	0	0	392
Wickliffe Middle School	0	0	375
Eastlake Middle School	0	0	322
Edison Elementary School	0	0	541
Grant Elementary School	0	0	539
School of Innovation	0	0	434
Jefferson Elementary School	0	0	388
Longfellow Elementary School	0	0	458
North High School	0	0	1,192
Royalview Elementary School	0	0	701
South High School	0	0	1,054
Willoughby Middle School	0	0	543
Willowick Middle School	0	0	458
Fairport Harding High School	0	0	313
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	264
Ridge Elementary School	0	0	701
Fairfax Elementary School	0	0	325
Hopkins Elementary School	0	0	494
Memorial Middle School	0	0	886
Mentor High School	0	0	2,269
Sterling Morton Elementary School	0	0	316
Lake Elementary School	0	0	307
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	0	0	398
Shore Middle School	0	0	725
Bellflower Elementary School	0	0	455
Kirtland High School	0	0	345
Kirtland Middle School	0	0	264
Madison Online Learning Academy	0	0	11
Madison Middle School	0	0	604
Madison High School	0	0	796
North Elementary School	0	0	581
South Elementary School	0	0	565
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	363
Riverview Elementary School	0	0	597
Parkside Elementary School	0	0	542
Melridge Elementary School	0	0	287
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	0	0	1,647
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	0	0	572
Perry High School	0	0	472
Perry Middle School	0	0	459