Lake County Times

There were 1,769 kindergarten 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.

Royalview Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 128 students.

Within Lake County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Lake County ranked 14th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 26,731 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 14th the year before.

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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Royalview Elementary School	128	18.2	704
Ridge Elementary School	105	15.7	669
Riverview Elementary School	103	17	605
Edison Elementary School	96	18.1	530
Grant Elementary School	93	17.7	525
North Elementary School	88	15.2	578
Perry Elementary School	86	15.8	545
Parkside Elementary School	85	15.6	546
South Elementary School	83	15.1	548
Chestnut Elementary School	76	18.1	420
Bellflower Elementary School	73	15.6	468
Elm Street Elementary School	71	16.9	421
Wickliffe Elementary School	68	10	681
Hopkins Elementary School	65	13.9	468
Kirtland Elementary School	64	13.3	483
Jefferson Elementary School	62	16.1	384
Fairfax Elementary School	60	18.8	320
Buckeye Elementary School	57	15	379
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	51	13.6	376
Longfellow Elementary School	49	11.6	421
Melridge Elementary School	46	15.4	299
Maple Elementary School	44	10.2	430
McKinley Elementary School	43	16.6	259
Lake Elementary School	37	12.9	287
Sterling Morton Elementary School	36	12.2	295
Willoughby Middle School	0	0	511
South High School	0	0	963
Memorial Middle School	0	0	852
North High School	0	0	1,159
Willowick Middle School	0	0	432
Fairport Harding High School	0	0	298
School of Innovation	0	0	446
Eastlake Middle School	0	0	329
Wickliffe High School	0	0	583
Heritage Middle School	0	0	593
Harvey High School	0	0	760
Perry Middle School	0	0	434
Perry High School	0	0	489
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	0	0	529
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	0	0	1,590
Madison High School	0	0	746
Madison Middle School	0	0	602
Kirtland Middle School	0	0	261
Kirtland High School	0	0	336
Shore Middle School	0	0	768
Mentor High School	0	0	2,186
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	0	0	185