Youngstown Times

There were 947 first grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Buckeye Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 147 students.

Within Columbiana County schools, the highest student count was found in eighth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Columbiana County ranked 29th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 13,015 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 28th 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Buckeye Elementary School	147	34.3	429
Beaver Local Elementary School	132	20.8	635
Crestview Elementary School	89	19.6	455
United Elementary School	77	16	481
East Palestine Elementary School	76	17.4	437
North Elementary School	74	18.3	405
Lacroft Elementary School	72	20.9	345
Southern Local Elementary School	60	15.5	388
Garfield Elementary School	59	22.2	266
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	56	13.9	404
McKinley Elementary School	47	13.2	355
Leetonia Elementary K-6	43	16.6	259
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	15	2.7	549
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	0	0	104
East Liverpool High School	0	0	522
Westgate Middle School	0	0	301
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	288
East Palestine High School	0	0	252
East Palestine Middle School	0	0	269
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	261
Salem Junior High School	0	0	312
Salem High School	0	0	632
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	294
Daw Elementary School	0	0	182
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	228
Columbiana High School	0	0	299
South Side Middle School	0	0	315
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	0	0	225
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	0	0	371
Beaver Local Middle School	0	0	554
Beaver Local High School	0	0	469
Crestview High School	0	0	312
Crestview Middle School	0	0	383
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	419
United High School	0	0	577