Youngstown Times

There were 997 seventh grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

East Liverpool Junior High School and Salem Junior High School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 139 students each.

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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
East Liverpool Junior High School	139	48.3	288
Salem Junior High School	139	44.6	312
Beaver Local Middle School	138	24.9	554
Crestview Middle School	107	27.9	383
United High School	76	13.2	577
South Side Middle School	75	23.8	315
East Palestine Middle School	68	25.3	269
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	61	11.1	549
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	57	13.6	419
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	55	14.8	371
Daw Elementary School	46	25.3	182
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	36	16	225
Westgate Middle School	0	0	301
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	294
Leetonia Elementary K-6	0	0	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 Palestine High School	0	0	252
Salem High School	0	0	632
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	228
Columbiana High School	0	0	299
Beaver Local High School	0	0	469
Crestview High School	0	0	312