Youngstown Times

There were 978 fifth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Southeast Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 151 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Southeast Elementary School	151	51.4	294
Westgate Middle School	144	47.8	301
Beaver Local Middle School	141	25.5	554
Crestview Middle School	91	23.8	383
United Elementary School	87	18.1	481
South Side Middle School	75	23.8	315
East Palestine Middle School	71	26.4	269
McKinley Elementary School	62	17.5	355
Daw Elementary School	48	26.4	182
Southern Local Elementary School	46	11.9	388
Leetonia Elementary K-6	37	14.3	259
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	25	4.6	549
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	261
Beaver Local Elementary School	0	0	635
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	455
East Palestine Elementary School	0	0	437
North Elementary School	0	0	405
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	0	0	404
Lacroft Elementary School	0	0	345
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
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	288
East Palestine High School	0	0	252
Salem Junior High School	0	0	312
Salem High School	0	0	632
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	228
Columbiana High School	0	0	299
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	0	0	225
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	0	0	371
Beaver Local High School	0	0	469
Crestview High School	0	0	312
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	419
United High School	0	0	577