Youngstown Times

There were 856 kindergarten students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 15% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Buckeye Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 133 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Buckeye Elementary School	133	30.9	431
Beaver Local Elementary School	113	18.3	619
Crestview Elementary School	77	17.7	434
North Elementary School	76	19.9	382
Lacroft Elementary School	69	20.5	336
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	66	16.5	399
Southern Local Elementary School	56	14.6	383
United Elementary School	55	12.5	439
Garfield Elementary School	52	25.4	205
East Palestine Elementary School	51	12.6	406
McKinley Elementary School	49	15.1	325
Leetonia Elementary K-6	45	16.4	275
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	14	2.7	514
Columbiana High School	0	0	292
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	243
Daw Elementary School	0	0	196
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	286
Salem High School	0	0	637
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	268
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
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
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	0	0	213
Crestview Middle School	0	0	375
Crestview High School	0	0	303
Beaver Local High School	0	0	495
Beaver Local Middle School	0	0	550
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	0	0	380