Lake County Times

There were 1,972 fourth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ridge Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 122 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ridge Elementary School	122	18.2	669
Riverview Elementary School	116	19.2	605
Royalview Elementary School	100	14.2	704
Perry Elementary School	98	18	545
North Elementary School	96	16.6	578
Parkside Elementary School	96	17.6	546
South Elementary School	88	16.1	548
Chestnut Elementary School	84	20	420
Bellflower Elementary School	84	17.9	468
Longfellow Elementary School	83	19.7	421
Kirtland Elementary School	82	17	483
Wickliffe Elementary School	82	12	681
Hopkins Elementary School	78	16.7	468
School of Innovation	75	16.8	446
Grant Elementary School	70	13.3	525
Buckeye Elementary School	68	17.9	379
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	64	17	376
Edison Elementary School	63	11.9	530
Elm Street Elementary School	61	14.5	421
Jefferson Elementary School	60	15.6	384
McKinley Elementary School	54	20.8	259
Maple Elementary School	54	12.6	430
Lake Elementary School	53	18.5	287
Fairfax Elementary School	50	15.6	320
Sterling Morton Elementary School	47	15.9	295
Melridge Elementary School	44	14.7	299
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
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