Youngstown Times

There were 2,281 first grade students enrolled in Mahoning County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Austintown Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 311 students.

Within Mahoning County schools, the highest student count was found in first grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Mahoning County ranked 12th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 27,874 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was ranked 13th 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Austintown Elementary School	311	31.8	978
McKinley Elementary School	146	27.4	533
West Branch Early Learning Center	124	32.3	384
Struthers Elementary School	119	17.9	664
West Boulevard Elementary School	116	27.8	418
Hilltop Elementary School	105	21.9	480
Campbell Elementary School	99	15.4	642
C. H. Campbell Elementary School	99	21.2	467
Robinwood Lane Elementary School	98	26.9	364
Stadium Drive Elementary School	88	25.4	347
Springfield Elementary School	88	24.1	365
South Range Elementary School	86	18.5	466
Kirkmere School	81	20	406
Harding Elementary School	78	19.9	392
Jackson-Milton Elementary School	73	19.4	376
Taft Elementary School	67	18.4	365
Stambaugh Charter Academy	60	13.1	458
Volney Rogers School	58	18.1	321
M. L. King Elementary School	51	15.2	335
Youngstown Community School	50	16.9	296
Western Reserve Elementary School	48	16.6	289
Horizon Science Academy Youngstown	45	11.8	382
Paul C. Bunn Elementary School	44	17.5	252
Lowellville Elementary School	40	16.1	249
B. L. Miller Elementary School	29	17.9	162
Youngstown Academy of Excellence	28	12.4	226
Youngstown Preparatory Academy	17	24.6	69
Southside Academy	17	11.3	151
Summit Academy-Youngstown	16	11.3	142
Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown	0	0	144
Mahoning County High School	0	0	127
Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown	0	0	237
Valley STEM+ME2 Academy	0	0	256
Northeast Ohio Impact Academy	0	0	124
Memorial High School	0	0	340
Struthers Middle School	0	0	541
Struthers High School	0	0	460
Youngstown Rayen Early College High School	0	0	263
Chaney High School	0	0	555
Rayen Early College Middle School	0	0	303
Wilson Alternative School	0	0	83
Youngstown Virtual Academy	0	0	107
East High School	0	0	522
Chaney Middle at McGuffey	0	0	325
East Middle at PRBerry	0	0	391
Austintown Middle School	0	0	982
Fitch High School	0	0	1,216
Austintown Intermediate School	0	0	918
Boardman Glenwood Junior High School	0	0	595
Boardman High School	0	0	1,145
Boardman Center Intermediate School	0	0	819
Canfield High School	0	0	726
Canfield Village Middle School	0	0	768
Jackson-Milton Middle School	0	0	206
Jackson-Milton High School	0	0	170
Lowellville High School	0	0	215
Poland Middle School	0	0	395
Poland Seminary High School	0	0	745
McKinley High School	0	0	187
South Range Middle School	0	0	385
South Range High School	0	0	365
Springfield Intermediate Middle School	0	0	276
Springfield High School	0	0	264
West Branch Intermediate School	0	0	251
West Branch Middle School	0	0	398
West Branch High School	0	0	596
Western Reserve Middle School	0	0	141
Western Reserve High School	0	0	130
Mahoning Unlimited Classroom	0	0	88