Youngstown Times

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.

School name	# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Buckeye Elementary School	143	33.2	431
Beaver Local Elementary School	131	21.2	619
Crestview Elementary School	96	22.1	434
United Elementary School	85	19.4	439
East Palestine Elementary School	78	19.2	406
North Elementary School	75	19.6	382
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	74	18.5	399
Southern Local Elementary School	69	18	383
Lacroft Elementary School	61	18.2	336
Garfield Elementary School	59	28.8	205
McKinley Elementary School	51	15.7	325
Leetonia Elementary K-6	41	14.9	275
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	18	3.5	514
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
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	396
South Side Middle School	0	0	295
United High School	0	0	547
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	0	0	128
East Liverpool High School	0	0	558
Westgate Middle School	0	0	292
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	305
East Palestine High School	0	0	264
East Palestine Middle School	0	0	269
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	268
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
Salem High School	0	0	637
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	286
Daw Elementary School	0	0	196
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	243
Columbiana High School	0	0	292