Youngstown Times

There were 1,163 ninth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Salem High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 177 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Salem High School	177	27.8	637
East Liverpool High School	151	27.1	558
Beaver Local High School	139	28.1	495
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	98	19.1	514
United High School	90	16.5	547
Columbiana High School	86	29.5	292
Crestview High School	86	28.4	303
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	77	19.4	396
East Palestine High School	76	28.8	264
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	69	18.2	380
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	52	21.4	243
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	46	21.6	213
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	16	12.5	128
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	286
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	434
Westgate Middle School	0	0	292
Daw Elementary School	0	0	196
United Elementary School	0	0	439
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	325
Southern Local Elementary School	0	0	383
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	268
Beaver Local Elementary School	0	0	619
Leetonia Elementary K-6	0	0	275
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	431
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	205
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
East Palestine Middle School	0	0	269
South Side Middle School	0	0	295
Crestview Middle School	0	0	375
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
Beaver Local Middle School	0	0	550
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	305