Lake County Times

There were 2,334 ninth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mentor High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 539 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mentor High School	539	23.8	2,269
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	348	21.1	1,647
North High School	338	28.4	1,192
South High School	267	25.3	1,054
Harvey High School	259	33.3	777
Madison High School	225	28.3	796
Perry High School	124	26.3	472
Wickliffe High School	91	23.2	392
Kirtland High School	79	22.9	345
Fairport Harding High School	40	12.8	313
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	24	15.5	155
Memorial Middle School	0	0	886
Shore Middle School	0	0	725
Willoughby Middle School	0	0	543
Heritage Middle School	0	0	568
Willowick Middle School	0	0	458
Madison Middle School	0	0	604
Perry Middle School	0	0	459
Eastlake Middle School	0	0	322
Wickliffe Middle School	0	0	375
Kirtland Middle School	0	0	264
School of Innovation	0	0	434
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
Madison Online Learning Academy	0	0	11