Lake County Times

There were 1,840 kindergarten students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Royalview Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 115 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Royalview Elementary School	115	16.4	701
North Elementary School	103	17.7	581
Wickliffe Elementary School	98	18.4	532
Edison Elementary School	95	17.6	541
Perry Elementary School	93	16.8	553
South Elementary School	92	16.3	565
Ridge Elementary School	90	12.8	701
Grant Elementary School	89	16.5	539
Elm Street Elementary School	81	18.9	429
Riverview Elementary School	81	13.6	597
Hopkins Elementary School	78	15.8	494
Parkside Elementary School	75	13.8	542
Chestnut Elementary School	74	18.7	396
Kirtland Elementary School	70	14.3	491
Longfellow Elementary School	69	15.1	458
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	65	16.3	398
Bellflower Elementary School	65	14.3	455
Lake Elementary School	60	19.5	307
Sterling Morton Elementary School	59	18.7	316
Maple Elementary School	56	16	350
Jefferson Elementary School	56	14.4	388
Buckeye Elementary School	51	14	363
McKinley Elementary School	43	16.3	264
Melridge Elementary School	43	15	287
Fairfax Elementary School	39	12	325
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	0	0	155
Harvey High School	0	0	777
Heritage Middle School	0	0	568
Wickliffe High School	0	0	392
Wickliffe Middle School	0	0	375
Eastlake Middle School	0	0	322
School of Innovation	0	0	434
North High School	0	0	1,192
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
Memorial Middle School	0	0	886
Mentor High School	0	0	2,269
Shore Middle School	0	0	725
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
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