Youngstown Times

There were 988 sixth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Westgate Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 157 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Westgate Middle School	157	52.2	301
Southeast Elementary School	143	48.6	294
Beaver Local Middle School	129	23.3	554
Crestview Middle School	93	24.3	383
United High School	93	16.1	577
South Side Middle School	73	23.2	315
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	72	19.4	371
East Palestine Middle School	55	20.4	269
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	54	9.8	549
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	45	10.7	419
Daw Elementary School	39	21.4	182
Leetonia Elementary K-6	35	13.5	259
United Elementary School	0	0	481
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	355
Southern Local Elementary School	0	0	388
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
Beaver Local High School	0	0	469
Crestview High School	0	0	312