Akron Reporter

There were 4,902 first grade students enrolled in Summit County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.2% less 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 310 students.

Within Summit County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Summit County ranked sixth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 66,742 students enrolled in the 2023-24 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	310	48.1	644
Green Primary School	280	33.3	840
Wilcox Elementary School	265	37.2	712
Barberton Elementary School West	250	33.3	751
Richfield Elementary School	216	31.6	684
Tallmadge Elementary School	167	15.3	1,089
Norton Elementary School	143	22.8	626
Woodridge Elementary School	137	15.7	872
Spring Hill Elementary School	120	24.5	490
Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center	99	15.4	644
Coventry Elementary School	97	21.7	446
Nolley Elementary School	86	19.6	438
Arrowhead Primary Elementary School	86	23.4	368
Findley Community Learning Center	84	15.1	557
Hatton Community Learning Center	82	19	431
Forest Hill Community Learning Center	79	18	438
Ledgeview Elementary School	77	18.2	422
Fort Island Primary Elementary School	75	20	375
Rushwood Elementary School	74	22.4	331
King Elementary School	72	18.8	382
Echo Hills Elementary School	71	23	309
Crouse Community Learning Center	69	17.3	399
Judith A. Resnik Community Learning Center	68	18.3	371
Northfield Elementary School	67	18.8	356
Seiberling Community Learning Center	65	16.1	404
Highland Elementary School	65	20.2	322
Schumacher Community Learning Cent	61	17.5	349
Elizabeth Price Elementary School	60	20.8	288
Lincoln Elementary School	60	15.2	395
Leggett Community Learning Center	59	16.1	367
Riverview Elementary School	59	20.3	291
Case Community Learning Center	56	16.2	345
McEbright Community Learning Center	55	20.8	264
Indian Trail Elementary School	54	15.1	357
Herberich Primary Elementary School	53	20.9	253
O. H. Somers Elementary School	53	13.8	385
Richardson Elementary School	52	15.5	336
Betty Jane Community Learning Center	52	15.2	341
Gordon Dewitt Elementary School	51	14.4	355
Ritzman Community Learning Center	51	17.3	294
Fishcreek Elementary School	50	16.3	306
Woodland Elementary School	48	16.2	296
Helen Arnold Community Learning Center	47	19.3	244
Mason Community Learning Center	47	16.2	290
Firestone Park Elementary School	46	15.2	302
Robinson Community Learning Center	45	16.3	276
Preston Elementary School	44	16.7	264
Portage Path Community Learning Center	41	16.1	255
Akron Preparatory School	41	10.8	381
Edge Academy the	41	17.2	238
Voris Community Learning Center	41	16	257
Sam Salem Community Learning Center	41	11.6	352
Pfeiffer Elementary School	39	19.2	203
Glover Community Learning Center	39	16.2	241
Rimer Community Learning Center	37	15.2	244
Hill Community Learning Center	36	15.4	234
Windemere Community Learning Center	36	14	257
Barber Community Learning Center	35	12.8	273
Imagine Leadership Academy	32	23.9	134
Case Preparatory Academy	32	10.1	318
Silver Lake Elementary School	26	12	216
Eagle Elementary of Akron	22	18.2	121
Greater Summit County Early Learning Center	20	17.9	112
Middlebury Academy	19	9.4	203
Summit Academy Akron Elementary School	17	14.9	114
Bath Elementary School	0	0	642
Ellet Community Learning Center	0	0	872
East Community Learning Center	0	0	1,029
Akron Early College High School	0	0	373
Tallmadge Middle School	0	0	596
Buchtel Community Learning Center	0	0	895
Stow-Munroe Falls High School	0	0	1,538
Coventry Middle School	0	0	436
Coventry High School	0	0	495
Manchester Middle School	0	0	378
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School	0	0	827
Copley High School	0	0	847
Kimpton Middle School	0	0	811
Lakeview Elementary School	0	0	740
Woodridge High School	0	0	548
Tallmadge High School	0	0	707
Woodridge Middle School	0	0	430
Schnee Learning Center	0	0	75
Green High School	0	0	1,126
Green Middle School	0	0	601
Green Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	902
Hudson Middle School	0	0	1,038
Hudson High School	0	0	1,361
East Woods Intermediate School	0	0	1,017
Mogadore High School	0	0	200
Mogadore Junior High School	0	0	132
Lee Eaton Elementary School	0	0	523
Nordonia Middle School	0	0	507
Nordonia High School	0	0	1,139
Norton Middle School	0	0	657
Akron STEM High School	0	0	322
Kenmore/Garfield High School	0	0	871
Firestone High School	0	0	1,060
North High School	0	0	885
National Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM	0	0	390
Cuyahoga Falls High School	0	0	1,078
Bolich Middle School	0	0	548
Barberton Elementary School East	0	0	690
Barberton Middle School	0	0	762
Barberton High School	0	0	1,027
Miller-South Visual Performing Arts	0	0	392
Towpath Trail High School	0	0	644
Akron Alternative Academy	0	0	113
Akron Career Technology High School	0	0	74
Hyre Community Learning Center	0	0	637
I. Promise School	0	0	517
Manchester High School	0	0	368
Steel Academy	0	0	111
Main Preparatory Academy	0	0	63
Imagine Akron Academy	0	0	26
Norton Primary Elementary School	0	0	220
Greenwood Early Learning Center	0	0	336
McDowell Early Learning School	0	0	375
Revere Middle School	0	0	636
Revere High School	0	0	886
Schrop Intermediate School	0	0	385
Springfield Junior/Senior High School	0	0	764
Samuel Bissell Elementary School	0	0	568
R. B. Chamberlin Middle School	0	0	584
Geo G. Dodge Elementary School	0	0	859
Twinsburg High School	0	0	1,148
Summit Academy Akron Middle School	0	0	73
Innes Community Learning Center	0	0	651
Akros Middle School	0	0	120
Jennings Community Learning Center	0	0	774
Cascade Career Prep High School	0	0	81
Summit Academy Secondary - Akron	0	0	47
Norton High School	0	0	618
Roberts Middle School	0	0	375
APS Online	0	0	110
Litchfield Middle School	0	0	469