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994 students were enrolled for eighth grade in Columbiana County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-craft-5b033a4a/

There were 994 eighth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 12.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

East Liverpool Junior High School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 144 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.

Columbiana County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Pre-kindergartenKindergartenGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 10Grade 11Grade 1205001,0001,5002022-23 school year2023-24 school year

Eighth Grade Enrollment in Columbiana County Schools for 2023-24 School Year

School name# of 8th Grade Students Enrolled% of Student BodyTotal Enrollment
East Liverpool Junior High School14447.2305
Beaver Local Middle School14225.8550
Salem Junior High School13346.8284
Crestview Middle School10327.5375
South Side Middle School7625.8295
United High School7213.2547
East Palestine Middle School6825.3269
Buckeye on-Line School for Success6813.2514
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School6115.4396
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School4912.9380
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School4116.9243
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School3717.4213
North Elementary School00382
Joshua Dixon Elementary School00399
Lacroft Elementary School00336
East Palestine Elementary School00406
Salem High School00637
Columbiana High School00292
Garfield Elementary School00205
Buckeye Elementary School00431
Leetonia Elementary K-600275
Daw Elementary School00196
Westgate Middle School00292
Southeast Elementary School00286
Crestview Elementary School00434
United Elementary School00439
McKinley Elementary School00325
Southern Local Elementary School00383
East Palestine High School00264
Beaver Local High School00495
Crestview High School00303
East Liverpool High School00558
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio00128
Reilly Elementary School00268
Beaver Local Elementary School00619

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