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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Enrollment Analysis: Non-Hispanic Black students comprised 7.6% of Lake County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

There were 2,033 non-Hispanic Black students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.4% more 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, non-Hispanic Black students comprised 7.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Lake County, South High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 232 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.

Ethnicities in Lake County in 2023-24 School Year

Non-Hispanic white [72.8%]Hispanic [11.2%]Non-Hispanic Black [7.6%]Multiracial [6.6%]Ethnicities < 5% [1.8%]

Enrollment Demographics in Lake County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name% of non-Hispanic Black students enrolmentTotal enrollment
South High School24965
Edison Elementary School26.4531
Willoughby Middle School25.6511
Harvey High School17761
Wickliffe Elementary School17.3682
Grant Elementary School21.9526
Mentor High School4.72,206
Royalview Elementary School14.6704
North High School8.71,159
Heritage Middle School15.5594
Wickliffe High School15.8583
Willowick Middle School17.8432
Elm Street Elementary School16.2420
Chestnut Elementary School14.3420
Longfellow Elementary School13.3421
Maple Elementary School12.8430
Riverside Junior-Senior High School3.31,598
Buckeye Elementary School9.7380
Memorial Middle School4.2852
Ridge Elementary School5.2668
Eastlake Middle School9.7329
Jefferson Elementary School6.3384
Shore Middle School2.7768
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School3.8529
Riverview Elementary School3.1605
Melridge Elementary School6.4298
School of Innovation4446
Fairport Harding High School4.4297
Sterling Morton Elementary School4.1295
Fairfax Elementary School3.4321
Lake Elementary School3.5287
Kirtland Elementary School0482
Orchard Hollow Elementary School0375
Kirtland Middle School0261
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School0185
Bellflower Elementary School0468
Kirtland High School0336
Perry Elementary School0544
Hopkins Elementary School0469
Parkside Elementary School0547
Perry High School0491
Madison High School0749
North Elementary School0577
South Elementary School0548
Perry Middle School0434
Madison Middle School0602
McKinley Elementary School0261

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