Akron Reporter

There were 5,280 first grade students enrolled in Summit County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Ellsworth Hill Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 323 students.

Within Summit County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Summit County ranked sixth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 67,454 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked sixth 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ellsworth Hill Elementary School	323	48.6	664
Wilcox Elementary School	302	40.3	749
Green Primary School	293	34.4	851
Barberton Elementary School West	263	34.6	760
Richfield Elementary School	212	31.3	678
Tallmadge Elementary School	169	15.3	1,105
Norton Elementary School	150	23.8	630
Woodridge Elementary School	133	15.5	859
Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center	129	20.5	628
Spring Hill Elementary School	126	34.8	362
Findley Community Learning Center	110	19.7	559
Coventry Elementary School	103	22.5	458
Crouse Community Learning Center	95	24.9	382
Nolley Elementary School	93	20.1	462
Ledgeview Elementary School	87	20.8	418
Seiberling Community Learning Center	86	18.2	472
Arrowhead Primary Elementary School	84	21.1	398
Hatton Community Learning Center	83	18.3	454
Judith A. Resnik Community Learning Center	77	20.3	380
Betty Jane Community Learning Center	77	22.1	348
King Elementary School	75	18.7	402
Fishcreek Elementary School	75	25.7	292
Echo Hills Elementary School	73	21.9	334
Rushwood Elementary School	72	21.1	342
Forest Hill Community Learning Center	70	19.2	364
Fort Island Primary Elementary School	70	18.5	379
Leggett Community Learning Center	70	18.9	370
Case Community Learning Center	69	18.4	376
Lincoln Elementary School	68	16.9	403
Schumacher Community Learning Cent	63	18.8	336
Riverview Elementary School	63	20.3	311
Barber Community Learning Center	63	19.9	316
Ritzman Community Learning Center	61	19.4	314
Gordon Dewitt Elementary School	61	17.6	346
Highland Elementary School	60	17.8	337
Northfield Elementary School	59	17.9	330
Richardson Elementary School	59	17	347
Firestone Park Elementary School	59	18.4	320
Woodland Elementary School	58	19.1	303
Indian Trail Elementary School	58	16.2	358
Herberich Primary Elementary School	55	22.2	248
Helen Arnold Community Learning Center	53	22.2	239
O. H. Somers Elementary School	52	12.6	413
Voris Community Learning Center	50	18.1	277
McEbright Community Learning Center	48	18.7	257
Elizabeth Price Elementary School	48	18	266
Rimer Community Learning Center	46	16.7	276
Mason Community Learning Center	45	15.5	291
Portage Path Community Learning Center	45	18.6	242
Preston Elementary School	45	17	265
Windemere Community Learning Center	45	16.7	270
Sam Salem Community Learning Center	42	12.2	344
Pfeiffer Elementary School	42	19.4	217
Hill Community Learning Center	41	15.9	258
Akron Preparatory School	41	12	341
Silver Lake Elementary School	41	20.5	200
Glover Community Learning Center	39	17.2	227
Robinson Community Learning Center	36	12.4	290
Edge Academy the	35	15.2	230
Case Preparatory Academy	31	11.9	260
Imagine Leadership Academy	25	20.3	123
Greater Summit County Early Learning Center	23	24.2	95
Eagle Elementary of Akron	20	19	105
Summit Academy Akron Elementary School	18	16.4	110
Main Preparatory Academy	13	22	59
McDowell Early Learning School	0	0	387
Greenwood Early Learning Center	0	0	363
Norton Primary Elementary School	0	0	230
Imagine Akron Academy	0	0	42
Middlebury Academy	0	0	140
North High School	0	0	875
Summit Academy Secondary - Akron	0	0	56
Cascade Career Prep High School	0	0	73
Akros Middle School	0	0	130
Steel Academy	0	0	145
Akron Career Technology High School	0	0	57
Akron Alternative Academy	0	0	103
Buchtel Community Learning Center	0	0	878
Akron Early College High School	0	0	376
East Community Learning Center	0	0	942
Ellet Community Learning Center	0	0	926
National Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM	0	0	395
Firestone High School	0	0	1,120
Kenmore/Garfield High School	0	0	891
Akron STEM High School	0	0	318
I. Promise School	0	0	569
Hyre Community Learning Center	0	0	697
Innes Community Learning Center	0	0	636
Jennings Community Learning Center	0	0	737
APS Online	0	0	104
Litchfield Middle School	0	0	546
Miller-South Visual Performing Arts	0	0	341
Barberton High School	0	0	1,081
Barberton Middle School	0	0	789
Barberton Elementary School East	0	0	696
Bolich Middle School	0	0	534
Cuyahoga Falls High School	0	0	1,116
Roberts Middle School	0	0	398
Norton High School	0	0	688
Norton Middle School	0	0	658
Stow-Munroe Falls High School	0	0	1,585
Kimpton Middle School	0	0	751
Lakeview Elementary School	0	0	782
Tallmadge Middle School	0	0	560
Tallmadge High School	0	0	713
Woodridge Middle School	0	0	418
Woodridge High School	0	0	556
Copley High School	0	0	870
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School	0	0	760
Coventry High School	0	0	512
Coventry Middle School	0	0	477
Manchester Middle School	0	0	398
Manchester High School	0	0	384
Green High School	0	0	1,165
Green Middle School	0	0	604
Green Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	916
Hudson Middle School	0	0	1,035
Hudson High School	0	0	1,447
East Woods Intermediate School	0	0	1,012
Mogadore High School	0	0	221
Mogadore Junior High School	0	0	133
Lee Eaton Elementary School	0	0	519
Nordonia Middle School	0	0	504
Nordonia High School	0	0	1,171
Bath Elementary School	0	0	610
Revere Middle School	0	0	642
Revere High School	0	0	886
Schrop Intermediate School	0	0	520
Springfield Junior/Senior High School	0	0	764
Samuel Bissell Elementary School	0	0	574
R. B. Chamberlin Middle School	0	0	596
Geo G. Dodge Elementary School	0	0	824
Twinsburg High School	0	0	1,235
Summit Academy Akron Middle School	0	0	71
Towpath Trail High School	0	0	432
Schnee Learning Center	0	0	86