Lake County Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Lake County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2023-24 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 26,731 students attending Lake County schools, 72.8% were non-Hispanic white. Hispanic students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 11.2% of Lake County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Lake County, representing 73.9% of the student body.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.3% when compared to the previous year.

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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
Kirtland Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95.8%	261
Kirtland High School	Non-Hispanic White	94.3%	336
Kirtland Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.4%	482
Parkside Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	91.6%	547
Hopkins Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	89.1%	469
Bellflower Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	88.9%	468
South Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	86.5%	548
Memorial Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	86.3%	852
Madison Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	86.2%	602
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	85.9%	375
Shore Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	85.7%	768
Madison High School	Non-Hispanic White	85.4%	749
Fairfax Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	85.4%	321
North Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	84.6%	577
Perry Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	84.1%	434
Mentor High School	Non-Hispanic White	83.7%	2,206
Sterling Morton Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	82.4%	295
Perry High School	Non-Hispanic White	82.3%	491
Jefferson Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	82.3%	384
Perry Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	81.4%	544
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	Non-Hispanic White	80.7%	1,598
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	80.5%	529
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	Non-Hispanic White	80.5%	185
School of Innovation	Non-Hispanic White	79.8%	446
Lake Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	79.8%	287
Ridge Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	79.5%	668
North High School	Non-Hispanic White	78.3%	1,159
Riverview Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	75.9%	605
Eastlake Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	75.4%	329
McKinley Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	73.9%	261
Melridge Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	73.5%	298
Wickliffe High School	Non-Hispanic White	69.6%	583
Longfellow Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	69.4%	421
Royalview Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	69.3%	704
Fairport Harding High School	Non-Hispanic White	68.7%	297
Willowick Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	67.8%	432
Buckeye Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	65.5%	380
South High School	Non-Hispanic White	64.2%	965
Wickliffe Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	63.6%	682
Grant Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	62.2%	526
Heritage Middle School	Hispanic	58.9%	594
Elm Street Elementary School	Hispanic	58.6%	420
Harvey High School	Hispanic	58.5%	761
Willoughby Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	57.9%	511
Edison Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	55.4%	531
Chestnut Elementary School	Hispanic	54.3%	420
Maple Elementary School	Hispanic	52.8%	430