Lake County Times

There were 1,994 sixth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Memorial Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 269 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Memorial Middle School	269	31.6	852
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	268	50.7	529
Shore Middle School	262	34.1	768
Heritage Middle School	198	33.4	593
Madison Middle School	177	29.4	602
Willoughby Middle School	169	33.1	511
Willowick Middle School	142	32.9	432
Eastlake Middle School	120	36.5	329
Perry Middle School	88	20.3	434
Kirtland Middle School	84	32.2	261
Wickliffe Elementary School	78	11.5	681
School of Innovation	75	16.8	446
Fairport Harding High School	45	15.1	298
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	19	10.3	185
Mentor High School	0	0	2,186
Harvey High School	0	0	760
Kirtland High School	0	0	336
Wickliffe High School	0	0	583
North High School	0	0	1,159
Madison High School	0	0	746
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	0	0	1,590
South High School	0	0	963
Perry High School	0	0	489
Perry Elementary School	0	0	545
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	259
Ridge Elementary School	0	0	669
Royalview Elementary School	0	0	704
Riverview Elementary School	0	0	605
South Elementary School	0	0	548
North Elementary School	0	0	578
Edison Elementary School	0	0	530
Grant Elementary School	0	0	525
Kirtland Elementary School	0	0	483
Hopkins Elementary School	0	0	468
Parkside Elementary School	0	0	546
Bellflower Elementary School	0	0	468
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	0	0	376
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	379
Chestnut Elementary School	0	0	420
Fairfax Elementary School	0	0	320
Longfellow Elementary School	0	0	421
Elm Street Elementary School	0	0	421
Jefferson Elementary School	0	0	384
Lake Elementary School	0	0	287
Melridge Elementary School	0	0	299
Sterling Morton Elementary School	0	0	295
Maple Elementary School	0	0	430