Lake County Times

There were 2,119 eighth grade students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Riverside Junior-Senior High School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 304 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	304	19.1	1,590
Memorial Middle School	278	32.6	852
Shore Middle School	260	33.9	768
Madison Middle School	209	34.7	602
Heritage Middle School	190	32	593
Willoughby Middle School	177	34.6	511
Willowick Middle School	155	35.9	432
Eastlake Middle School	106	32.2	329
Perry Middle School	102	23.5	434
Wickliffe High School	99	17	583
Kirtland Middle School	85	32.6	261
School of Innovation	71	15.9	446
Fairport Harding High School	45	15.1	298
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	38	20.5	185
Mentor High School	0	0	2,186
Harvey High School	0	0	760
Kirtland High School	0	0	336
North High School	0	0	1,159
Madison High School	0	0	746
Maple Elementary School	0	0	430
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
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	0	0	529
Grant Elementary School	0	0	525
Kirtland Elementary School	0	0	483
Hopkins Elementary School	0	0	468
Wickliffe Elementary School	0	0	681
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