Youngstown Times

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.

School name	# of 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
East Liverpool Junior High School	144	47.2	305
Beaver Local Middle School	142	25.8	550
Salem Junior High School	133	46.8	284
Crestview Middle School	103	27.5	375
South Side Middle School	76	25.8	295
United High School	72	13.2	547
East Palestine Middle School	68	25.3	269
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	68	13.2	514
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	61	15.4	396
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	49	12.9	380
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	41	16.9	243
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	37	17.4	213
North Elementary School	0	0	382
Joshua Dixon Elementary School	0	0	399
Lacroft Elementary School	0	0	336
East Palestine Elementary School	0	0	406
Salem High School	0	0	637
Columbiana High School	0	0	292
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	205
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	431
Leetonia Elementary K-6	0	0	275
Daw Elementary School	0	0	196
Westgate Middle School	0	0	292
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	286
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	434
United Elementary School	0	0	439
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	325
Southern Local Elementary School	0	0	383
East Palestine High School	0	0	264
Beaver Local High School	0	0	495
Crestview High School	0	0	303
East Liverpool High School	0	0	558
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	0	0	128
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	268
Beaver Local Elementary School	0	0	619