Lake County Times

There were 27,368 students enrolled in Lake County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.6% of the county's student body, while the other 48.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 73.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lake County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 10.5%, 7.2% Black, Non-Hispanic students, 6.5% multiracial students and 0.9% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Mentor High School had the highest enrollment among Lake County's 52 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 2,290 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Mentor High School	2,422	2,290	-5.5
Riverside Junior-Senior High School	1,719	1,657	-3.6
North High School	1,123	1,191	6.1
South High School	1,024	1,055	3
Memorial Middle School	846	886	4.7
Madison High School	847	797	-5.9
Harvey High School	751	777	3.5
Shore Middle School	747	725	-2.9
Ridge Elementary School	748	701	-6.3
Royalview Elementary School	712	701	-1.5
Madison Middle School	624	604	-3.2
Riverview Elementary School	608	596	-2
North Elementary School	512	580	13.3
Henry F. Lamuth Middle School	620	572	-7.7
Heritage Middle School	610	568	-6.9
South Elementary School	533	565	6
Perry Elementary School	467	552	18.2
Willoughby Middle School	557	544	-2.3
Edison Elementary School	551	542	-1.6
Parkside Elementary School	513	542	5.7
Grant Elementary School	561	540	-3.7
Wickliffe Elementary School	486	532	9.5
Hopkins Elementary School	463	494	6.7
Kirtland Elementary School	493	491	-0.4
Perry High School	493	474	-3.9
Perry Middle School	482	459	-4.8
Willowick Middle School	490	458	-6.5
Longfellow Elementary School	434	458	5.5
Bellflower Elementary School	482	456	-5.4
School of Innovation	439	433	-1.4
Elm Street Elementary School	440	428	-2.7
Orchard Hollow Elementary School	397	398	0.3
Chestnut Elementary School	379	397	4.7
Wickliffe High School	410	391	-4.6
Jefferson Elementary School	405	388	-4.2
Wickliffe Middle School	365	376	3
Buckeye Elementary School	340	362	6.5
Maple Elementary School	360	350	-2.8
Kirtland High School	381	345	-9.4
Fairfax Elementary School	334	324	-3
Eastlake Middle School	352	322	-8.5
Sterling Morton Elementary School	291	316	8.6
Fairport Harding High School	328	315	-4
Lake Elementary School	287	306	6.6
Melridge Elementary School	280	288	2.9
McKinley Elementary School	266	265	-0.4
Kirtland Middle School	255	264	3.5
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School	158	156	-1.3
Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Online Academy	130	46	-64.6
Summit Academy Community School - Painesville	34	35	2.9
Madison Online Learning Academy	35	32	-8.6
Riverside Virtual Academy	32	24	-25