Youngstown Times

There were 958 fourth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Reilly Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 135 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Reilly Elementary School	135	51.7	261
Beaver Local Elementary School	126	19.8	635
Crestview Elementary School	93	20.4	455
East Palestine Elementary School	84	19.2	437
United Elementary School	83	17.3	481
North Elementary School	82	20.2	405
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	69	17.1	404
Lacroft Elementary School	66	19.1	345
McKinley Elementary School	54	15.2	355
Southern Local Elementary School	53	13.7	388
Daw Elementary School	49	26.9	182
Leetonia Elementary K-6	40	15.4	259
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	24	4.4	549
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	266
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	429
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
Salem Junior High School	0	0	312
Salem High School	0	0	632
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	294
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