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Columbiana County schools welcomed 981 first grade students in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

There were 981 first grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Buckeye Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 143 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.

Columbiana County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Pre-kindergartenKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1205001,0001,5002022-23 school year2023-24 school year

First Grade Enrollment in Columbiana County Schools for 2023-24 School Year

School name# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Buckeye Elementary School14333.2431
Beaver Local Elementary School13121.2619
Crestview Elementary School9622.1434
United Elementary School8519.4439
East Palestine Elementary School7819.2406
North Elementary School7519.6382
Joshua Dixon Elementary School7418.5399
Southern Local Elementary School6918383
Lacroft Elementary School6118.2336
Garfield Elementary School5928.8205
McKinley Elementary School5115.7325
Leetonia Elementary K-64114.9275
Buckeye on-Line School for Success183.5514
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School00380
Beaver Local Middle School00550
Beaver Local High School00495
Crestview High School00303
Crestview Middle School00375
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School00213
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School00396
South Side Middle School00295
United High School00547
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio00128
East Liverpool High School00558
Westgate Middle School00292
East Liverpool Junior High School00305
East Palestine High School00264
East Palestine Middle School00269
Reilly Elementary School00268
Salem Junior High School00284
Salem High School00637
Southeast Elementary School00286
Daw Elementary School00196
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School00243
Columbiana High School00292

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