Youngstown Times

There were 984 sixth grade students enrolled in Columbiana County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Southeast Elementary School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 156 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Southeast Elementary School	156	54.5	286
Beaver Local Middle School	147	26.7	550
Westgate Middle School	146	50	292
Crestview Middle School	87	23.2	375
United High School	86	15.7	547
South Side Middle School	74	25.1	295
East Palestine Middle School	69	25.7	269
David Anderson Junior-Senior High School	59	15.5	380
Southern Local Junior-Senior High School	47	11.9	396
Daw Elementary School	38	19.4	196
Leetonia Elementary K-6	38	13.8	275
Buckeye on-Line School for Success	37	7.2	514
Buckeye Elementary School	0	0	431
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	205
Columbiana High School	0	0	292
Wellsville Jr. Senior High School	0	0	243
Salem High School	0	0	637
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
Salem Junior High School	0	0	284
Utica Shale Academy of Ohio	0	0	128
East Liverpool High School	0	0	558
Leetonia Junior-Senior High School	0	0	213
Crestview High School	0	0	303
Beaver Local High School	0	0	495
East Liverpool Junior High School	0	0	305
East Palestine High School	0	0	264
Southern Local Elementary School	0	0	383
McKinley Elementary School	0	0	325
United Elementary School	0	0	439