Lake County Times

There were 1,951 third grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ridge Elementary School welcomed most of the third grade students in the county, registering 122 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 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ridge Elementary School	122	17.4	701
Riverview Elementary School	114	19.1	597
Royalview Elementary School	96	13.7	701
North Elementary School	93	16	581
Parkside Elementary School	93	17.2	542
South Elementary School	93	16.5	565
Perry Elementary School	92	16.6	553
Wickliffe Elementary School	87	16.4	532
Kirtland Elementary School	82	16.7	491
Bellflower Elementary School	81	17.8	455
Longfellow Elementary School	79	17.2	458
Hopkins Elementary School	79	16	494
Chestnut Elementary School	77	19.4	396
School of Innovation	75	17.3	434
Grant Elementary School	70	13	539
Edison Elementary School	69	12.8	541
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	67	16.8	398
Buckeye Elementary School	62	17.1	363
Jefferson Elementary School	61	15.7	388
Maple Elementary School	59	16.9	350
Elm Street Elementary School	55	12.8	429
Fairfax Elementary School	52	16	325
McKinley Elementary School	50	18.9	264
Sterling Morton Elementary School	48	15.2	316
Melridge Elementary School	48	16.7	287
Lake Elementary School	47	15.3	307
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
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