Lake County Times

There were 2,173 ninth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Mentor High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 513 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Mentor High School	513	23.5	2,186
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	335	21.1	1,590
North High School	323	27.9	1,159
South High School	223	23.2	963
Harvey High School	189	24.9	760
Madison High School	177	23.7	746
Perry High School	142	29	489
Wickliffe High School	114	19.6	583
Kirtland High School	91	27.1	336
Fairport Harding High School	45	15.1	298
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	21	11.4	185
Wickliffe Elementary School	0	0	681
Parkside Elementary School	0	0	546
Hopkins Elementary School	0	0	468
Bellflower Elementary School	0	0	468
Kirtland Elementary School	0	0	483
Grant Elementary School	0	0	525
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	0	0	529
Edison Elementary School	0	0	530
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
Memorial Middle School	0	0	852
Shore Middle School	0	0	768
Madison Middle School	0	0	602
Heritage Middle School	0	0	593
Willoughby Middle School	0	0	511
Willowick Middle School	0	0	432
Eastlake Middle School	0	0	329
Perry Middle School	0	0	434
Kirtland Middle School	0	0	261
School of Innovation	0	0	446
Maple Elementary School	0	0	430
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