Lake County Times

There were 221 Asian or Pacific Islander students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Lake County welcomed 26,731 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Asian or Pacific Islander students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Lake County, Mentor High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian or Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 67 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	% of Asian or Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mentor High School	3	2,206
Ridge Elementary School	3.7	668
South High School	2.4	965
Memorial Middle School	2.5	852
School of Innovation	4	446
Edison Elementary School	3.4	531
Hopkins Elementary School	3.2	469
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	0.9	1,598
North High School	0.9	1,159
Grant Elementary School	1.9	526
Jefferson Elementary School	0	384
Fairport Harding High School	0	297
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	0	529
Lake Elementary School	0	287
Perry Elementary School	0	544
McKinley Elementary School	0	261
Bellflower Elementary School	0	468
Perry High School	0	491
Melridge Elementary School	0	298
Fairfax Elementary School	0	321
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	0	185
Sterling Morton Elementary School	0	295
Perry Middle School	0	434
Buckeye Elementary School	0	380
Parkside Elementary School	0	547
Kirtland Elementary School	0	482
Kirtland High School	0	336
Kirtland Middle School	0	261
Wickliffe High School	0	583
Harvey High School	0	761
Maple Elementary School	0	430
Madison High School	0	749
Heritage Middle School	0	594
Willoughby Middle School	0	511
Chestnut Elementary School	0	420
Riverview Elementary School	0	605
Shore Middle School	0	768
Willowick Middle School	0	432
Longfellow Elementary School	0	421
Elm Street Elementary School	0	420
Royalview Elementary School	0	704
Madison Middle School	0	602
Eastlake Middle School	0	329
South Elementary School	0	548
North Elementary School	0	577
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	0	375
Wickliffe Elementary School	0	682