Lake County Times

There were 2,091 seventh grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Henry F. Lamuth Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 307 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	307	53.7	572
Memorial Middle School	284	32.1	886
Shore Middle School	253	34.9	725
Madison Middle School	211	34.9	604
Heritage Middle School	190	33.5	568
Willoughby Middle School	179	33	543
Willowick Middle School	145	31.7	458
Perry Middle School	102	22.2	459
Eastlake Middle School	98	30.4	322
Wickliffe Middle School	96	25.6	375
Kirtland Middle School	85	32.2	264
School of Innovation	75	17.3	434
Fairport Harding High School	47	15	313
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	19	12.3	155
Ridge Elementary School	0	0	701
Royalview Elementary School	0	0	701
Riverview Elementary School	0	0	597
South Elementary School	0	0	565
Grant Elementary School	0	0	539
Parkside Elementary School	0	0	542
Hopkins Elementary School	0	0	494
North Elementary School	0	0	581
Bellflower Elementary School	0	0	455
Kirtland Elementary School	0	0	491
Longfellow Elementary School	0	0	458
Elm Street Elementary School	0	0	429
Edison Elementary School	0	0	541
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	0	0	398
Lake Elementary School	0	0	307
Jefferson Elementary School	0	0	388
Chestnut Elementary School	0	0	396
Maple Elementary School	0	0	350
Fairfax Elementary School	0	0	325
Sterling Morton Elementary School	0	0	316
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	264
Melridge Elementary School	0	0	287
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	363
Perry Elementary School	0	0	553
Wickliffe Elementary School	0	0	532
Harvey High School	0	0	777
Wickliffe High School	0	0	392
North High School	0	0	1,192
South High School	0	0	1,054
Mentor High School	0	0	2,269
Kirtland High School	0	0	345
Madison Online Learning Academy	0	0	11
Madison High School	0	0	796
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	0	0	1,647
Perry High School	0	0	472