Lake County Times

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.

School name	% of non-Hispanic Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
South High School	24	965
Edison Elementary School	26.4	531
Willoughby Middle School	25.6	511
Harvey High School	17	761
Wickliffe Elementary School	17.3	682
Grant Elementary School	21.9	526
Mentor High School	4.7	2,206
Royalview Elementary School	14.6	704
North High School	8.7	1,159
Heritage Middle School	15.5	594
Wickliffe High School	15.8	583
Willowick Middle School	17.8	432
Elm Street Elementary School	16.2	420
Chestnut Elementary School	14.3	420
Longfellow Elementary School	13.3	421
Maple Elementary School	12.8	430
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	3.3	1,598
Buckeye Elementary School	9.7	380
Memorial Middle School	4.2	852
Ridge Elementary School	5.2	668
Eastlake Middle School	9.7	329
Jefferson Elementary School	6.3	384
Shore Middle School	2.7	768
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	3.8	529
Riverview Elementary School	3.1	605
Melridge Elementary School	6.4	298
School of Innovation	4	446
Fairport Harding High School	4.4	297
Sterling Morton Elementary School	4.1	295
Fairfax Elementary School	3.4	321
Lake Elementary School	3.5	287
Kirtland Elementary School	0	482
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	0	375
Kirtland Middle School	0	261
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	0	185
Bellflower Elementary School	0	468
Kirtland High School	0	336
Perry Elementary School	0	544
Hopkins Elementary School	0	469
Parkside Elementary School	0	547
Perry High School	0	491
Madison High School	0	749
North Elementary School	0	577
South Elementary School	0	548
Perry Middle School	0	434
Madison Middle School	0	602
McKinley Elementary School	0	261