Youngstown Times

There were 1,092 ninth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Salem High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 172 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Salem High School	172	27.2	632
East Liverpool High School	151	28.9	522
Beaver Local High School	137	29.2	469
Crestview High School	101	32.4	312
United High School	89	15.4	577
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	89	16.2	549
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	72	17.2	419
East Palestine High School	69	27.4	252
Columbiana High School	68	22.7	299
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	61	16.4	371
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	42	18.4	228
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	41	18.2	225
Salem Junior High School	0	0	312
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	288
Beaver Local Middle School	0	0	554
Crestview Middle School	0	0	383
South Side Middle School	0	0	315
East Palestine Middle School	0	0	269
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