Lake County Times

There were 1,981 fifth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ridge Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 131 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ridge Elementary School	131	18.7	701
Royalview Elementary School	123	17.5	701
Riverview Elementary School	97	16.2	597
South Elementary School	97	17.2	565
Grant Elementary School	89	16.5	539
Parkside Elementary School	88	16.2	542
Perry Middle School	88	19.2	459
Hopkins Elementary School	87	17.6	494
North Elementary School	85	14.6	581
Bellflower Elementary School	83	18.2	455
Kirtland Elementary School	79	16.1	491
Wickliffe Middle School	78	20.8	375
Longfellow Elementary School	77	16.8	458
Elm Street Elementary School	77	17.9	429
Edison Elementary School	76	14	541
School of Innovation	75	17.3	434
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	70	17.6	398
Lake Elementary School	65	21.2	307
Jefferson Elementary School	64	16.5	388
Chestnut Elementary School	62	15.7	396
Maple Elementary School	57	16.3	350
Fairfax Elementary School	54	16.6	325
Sterling Morton Elementary School	48	15.2	316
McKinley Elementary School	48	18.2	264
Melridge Elementary School	43	15	287
Buckeye Elementary School	40	11	363
Perry Elementary School	0	0	553
Wickliffe Elementary School	0	0	532
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
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