Lake County Times

There were 2,024 first grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Royalview Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 123 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Royalview Elementary School	123	17.5	701
Riverview Elementary School	121	20.3	597
Edison Elementary School	107	19.8	541
Parkside Elementary School	105	19.4	542
Ridge Elementary School	103	14.7	701
Grant Elementary School	100	18.6	539
North Elementary School	97	16.7	581
Wickliffe Elementary School	94	17.7	532
South Elementary School	91	16.1	565
Perry Elementary School	90	16.3	553
Elm Street Elementary School	87	20.3	429
Hopkins Elementary School	87	17.6	494
Maple Elementary School	81	23.1	350
Longfellow Elementary School	78	17	458
Buckeye Elementary School	77	21.2	363
Jefferson Elementary School	76	19.6	388
Kirtland Elementary School	74	15.1	491
Chestnut Elementary School	70	17.7	396
Bellflower Elementary School	63	13.8	455
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	58	14.6	398
Sterling Morton Elementary School	54	17.1	316
Fairfax Elementary School	51	15.7	325
McKinley Elementary School	49	18.6	264
Lake Elementary School	45	14.7	307
Melridge Elementary School	43	15	287
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