Youngstown Times

There were 859 12th grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Salem High School welcomed most of the 12th grade students in the county, registering 159 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 12th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Salem High School	159	25	637
Beaver Local High School	108	21.8	495
East Liverpool High School	104	18.6	558
United High School	71	13	547
Crestview High School	62	20.5	303
Columbiana High School	56	19.2	292
East Palestine High School	55	20.8	264
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	49	12.4	396
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	49	38.3	128
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	43	11.3	380
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	43	8.4	514
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	36	14.8	243
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	24	11.3	213
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	305
Beaver Local Middle School	0	0	550
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
Crestview Middle School	0	0	375
South Side Middle School	0	0	295
East Palestine Middle School	0	0	269
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
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	205
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	431
Leetonia Elementary K-6	0	0	275
Beaver Local Elementary School	0	0	619
Reilly Elementary School	0	0	268
Southern Local Elementary School	0	0	383
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	325
United Elementary School	0	0	439
Daw Elementary School	0	0	196
Westgate Middle School	0	0	292
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	434
Southeast Elementary School	0	0	286