Youngstown Times

There were 941 fifth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Westgate Middle School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 146 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 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Westgate Middle School	146	50	292
Southeast Elementary School	130	45.5	286
Beaver Local Middle School	125	22.7	550
Crestview Middle School	92	24.5	375
United Elementary School	80	18.2	439
East Palestine Middle School	78	29	269
South Side Middle School	72	24.4	295
Daw Elementary School	53	27	196
McKinley Elementary School	52	16	325
Southern Local Elementary School	50	13.1	383
Leetonia Elementary K-6	39	14.2	275
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	24	4.7	514
East Palestine High School	0	0	264
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	305
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	0	0	380
Beaver Local High School	0	0	495
Crestview High School	0	0	303
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
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	0	0	396
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
Salem High School	0	0	637
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	243
Columbiana High School	0	0	292
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	205
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	431
East Palestine Elementary School	0	0	406
Lacroft Elementary School	0	0	336
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	0	0	399
North Elementary School	0	0	382
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	434
Beaver Local Elementary School	0	0	619
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	268