Lake County Times

There were 1,973 second grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ridge Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 138 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ridge Elementary School	138	19.7	701
Royalview Elementary School	127	18.1	701
North Elementary School	103	17.7	581
Edison Elementary School	99	18.3	541
Wickliffe Elementary School	97	18.2	532
Parkside Elementary School	96	17.7	542
Grant Elementary School	96	17.8	539
Perry Elementary School	96	17.4	553
Longfellow Elementary School	89	19.4	458
South Elementary School	88	15.6	565
Bellflower Elementary School	87	19.1	455
Hopkins Elementary School	80	16.2	494
Riverview Elementary School	79	13.2	597
Kirtland Elementary School	75	15.3	491
Jefferson Elementary School	72	18.6	388
Elm Street Elementary School	67	15.6	429
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	66	16.6	398
Fairfax Elementary School	64	19.7	325
Sterling Morton Elementary School	62	19.6	316
Buckeye Elementary School	61	16.8	363
Melridge Elementary School	59	20.6	287
Maple Elementary School	51	14.6	350
Chestnut Elementary School	47	11.9	396
Lake Elementary School	40	13	307
McKinley Elementary School	34	12.9	264
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