Youngstown Times

There were 1,133 eighth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Salem Junior High School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 173 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Salem Junior High School	173	55.4	312
East Liverpool Junior High School	149	51.7	288
Beaver Local Middle School	146	26.4	554
United High School	97	16.8	577
Crestview Middle School	92	24	383
South Side Middle School	92	29.2	315
East Palestine Middle School	75	27.9	269
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	75	17.9	419
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	70	12.8	549
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	65	17.5	371
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	55	24.1	228
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	44	19.6	225
Daw Elementary School	0	0	182
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
Columbiana High School	0	0	299
Beaver Local High School	0	0	469
Crestview High School	0	0	312