Lake County Times

There were 2,140 eighth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Riverside Junior-Senior High School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 312 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	312	18.9	1,647
Memorial Middle School	295	33.3	886
Shore Middle School	226	31.2	725
Willoughby Middle School	183	33.7	543
Heritage Middle School	181	31.9	568
Willowick Middle School	179	39.1	458
Madison Middle School	176	29.1	604
Perry Middle School	141	30.7	459
Eastlake Middle School	125	38.8	322
Wickliffe Middle School	111	29.6	375
Kirtland Middle School	89	33.7	264
School of Innovation	59	13.6	434
Fairport Harding High School	45	14.4	313
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	18	11.6	155
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	0	0	572
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
Perry High School	0	0	472