Lake County Times

There were 19,454 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% 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, non-Hispanic white students comprised 72.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Lake County, Mentor High School recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,846 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mentor High School	83.7	2,206
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	80.7	1,598
North High School	78.3	1,159
Memorial Middle School	86.3	852
Shore Middle School	85.7	768
Madison High School	85.4	749
South High School	64.2	965
Ridge Elementary School	79.5	668
Madison Middle School	86.2	602
Parkside Elementary School	91.6	547
Royalview Elementary School	69.3	704
North Elementary School	84.6	577
South Elementary School	86.5	548
Riverview Elementary School	75.9	605
Kirtland Elementary School	93.4	482
Perry Elementary School	81.4	544
Wickliffe Elementary School	63.6	682
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	80.5	529
Hopkins Elementary School	89.1	469
Bellflower Elementary School	88.9	468
Wickliffe High School	69.6	583
Perry High School	82.3	491
Perry Middle School	84.1	434
School of Innovation	79.8	446
Grant Elementary School	62.2	526
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	85.9	375
Kirtland High School	94.3	336
Jefferson Elementary School	82.3	384
Willoughby Middle School	57.9	511
Edison Elementary School	55.4	531
Willowick Middle School	67.8	432
Longfellow Elementary School	69.4	421
Fairfax Elementary School	85.4	321
Kirtland Middle School	95.8	261
Buckeye Elementary School	65.5	380
Eastlake Middle School	75.4	329
Sterling Morton Elementary School	82.4	295
Lake Elementary School	79.8	287
Melridge Elementary School	73.5	298
Fairport Harding High School	68.7	297
McKinley Elementary School	73.9	261
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	80.5	185
Harvey High School	16	761
Heritage Middle School	17.7	594
Maple Elementary School	21.4	430
Chestnut Elementary School	20	420
Elm Street Elementary School	14.8	420