Lake County Times

There were 26,731 students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county's student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 72.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lake County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 11.2%, 7.6% Black, Non-Hispanic students, 6.6% multiracial students and 0.8% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Mentor High School had the highest enrollment among Lake County's 47 schools in the 2023-24 cycle, welcoming 2,206 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Mentor High School	2,290	2,206	-3.7
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	1,657	1,598	-3.6
North High School	1,191	1,159	-2.7
South High School	1,055	965	-8.5
Memorial Middle School	886	852	-3.8
Shore Middle School	725	768	5.9
Harvey High School	777	761	-2.1
Madison High School	797	749	-6
Royalview Elementary School	701	704	0.4
Wickliffe Elementary School	532	682	28.2
Ridge Elementary School	701	668	-4.7
Riverview Elementary School	596	605	1.5
Madison Middle School	604	602	-0.3
Heritage Middle School	568	594	4.6
Wickliffe High School	391	583	49.1
North Elementary School	580	577	-0.5
South Elementary School	565	548	-3
Parkside Elementary School	542	547	0.9
Perry Elementary School	552	544	-1.4
Edison Elementary School	542	531	-2
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	572	529	-7.5
Grant Elementary School	540	526	-2.6
Willoughby Middle School	544	511	-6.1
Perry High School	474	491	3.6
Kirtland Elementary School	491	482	-1.8
Hopkins Elementary School	494	469	-5.1
Bellflower Elementary School	456	468	2.6
School of Innovation	433	446	3
Perry Middle School	459	434	-5.4
Willowick Middle School	458	432	-5.7
Maple Elementary School	350	430	22.9
Longfellow Elementary School	458	421	-8.1
Elm Street Elementary School	428	420	-1.9
Chestnut Elementary School	397	420	5.8
Jefferson Elementary School	388	384	-1
Buckeye Elementary School	362	380	5
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	398	375	-5.8
Kirtland High School	345	336	-2.6
Eastlake Middle School	322	329	2.2
Fairfax Elementary School	324	321	-0.9
Melridge Elementary School	288	298	3.5
Fairport Harding High School	315	297	-5.7
Sterling Morton Elementary School	316	295	-6.6
Lake Elementary School	306	287	-6.2
McKinley Elementary School	265	261	-1.5
Kirtland Middle School	264	261	-1.1
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	156	185	18.6