Youngstown Times

There were 949 second grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Buckeye Elementary School welcomed most of the second grade students in the county, registering 155 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Buckeye Elementary School	155	36	431
Beaver Local Elementary School	134	21.6	619
Crestview Elementary School	91	21	434
East Palestine Elementary School	76	18.7	406
United Elementary School	74	16.9	439
Lacroft Elementary School	74	22	336
North Elementary School	67	17.5	382
Southern Local Elementary School	61	15.9	383
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	60	15	399
Garfield Elementary School	54	26.3	205
McKinley Elementary School	47	14.5	325
Leetonia Elementary K-6	42	15.3	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