Youngstown Times

There were 888 fourth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Reilly Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 131 students.

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

Statewide, Columbiana County ranked 29th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 12,745 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 29th 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Reilly Elementary School	131	48.9	268
Beaver Local Elementary School	128	20.7	619
Crestview Elementary School	87	20	434
North Elementary School	71	18.6	382
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	71	17.8	399
United Elementary School	68	15.5	439
Lacroft Elementary School	67	19.9	336
East Palestine Elementary School	67	16.5	406
Southern Local Elementary School	57	14.9	383
McKinley Elementary School	46	14.2	325
Daw Elementary School	45	23	196
Leetonia Elementary K-6	29	10.5	275
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	21	4.1	514
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	431
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	205
Columbiana High School	0	0	292
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	243
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	286
Salem High School	0	0	637
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
East Palestine Middle School	0	0	269
East Palestine High School	0	0	264
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	305
Westgate Middle School	0	0	292
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	0	0	380
Beaver Local Middle School	0	0	550
Beaver Local High School	0	0	495
Crestview High School	0	0	303
Crestview Middle School	0	0	375
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	0	0	213
East Liverpool High School	0	0	558
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	0	0	128
United High School	0	0	547
South Side Middle School	0	0	295
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	396