Lake County Times

There were 2,981 Hispanic students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% 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, Hispanic students comprised 11.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Lake County, Harvey High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 445 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Harvey High School	58.5	761
Heritage Middle School	58.9	594
Elm Street Elementary School	58.6	420
Chestnut Elementary School	54.3	420
Maple Elementary School	52.8	430
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	10.6	1,598
Mentor High School	3.7	2,206
Riverview Elementary School	12.6	605
Perry Elementary School	12.9	544
Buckeye Elementary School	17.4	380
Perry High School	11.2	491
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	9.8	529
Fairport Harding High School	17.2	297
Madison High School	6.7	749
North Elementary School	8.1	577
Perry Middle School	10.1	434
North High School	3.7	1,159
McKinley Elementary School	15.7	261
Melridge Elementary School	13.8	298
South High School	3.9	965
Royalview Elementary School	5.4	704
Wickliffe Elementary School	5.4	682
Madison Middle School	6	602
Ridge Elementary School	5.2	668
Shore Middle School	4.4	768
South Elementary School	5.8	548
Grant Elementary School	6.1	526
Willoughby Middle School	5.9	511
Memorial Middle School	3.4	852
Wickliffe High School	4.8	583
Longfellow Elementary School	6.4	421
Parkside Elementary School	4.4	547
Hopkins Elementary School	4.7	469
Edison Elementary School	4	531
Sterling Morton Elementary School	6.8	295
Lake Elementary School	7	287
Willowick Middle School	3.9	432
Jefferson Elementary School	4.2	384
Bellflower Elementary School	3.2	468
Fairfax Elementary School	4.4	321
School of Innovation	2.7	446
Eastlake Middle School	3.3	329
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	2.7	375
Kirtland Elementary School	0	482
Kirtland Middle School	0	261
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	0	185
Kirtland High School	0	336