Akron Reporter

There were 5,091 ninth grade students enrolled in Summit County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Stow-Munroe Falls High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 387 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Stow-Munroe Falls High School	387	25.2	1,538
Hudson High School	326	24	1,361
Barberton High School	314	30.6	1,027
Green High School	288	25.6	1,126
Firestone High School	280	26.4	1,060
Twinsburg High School	278	24.2	1,148
Cuyahoga Falls High School	268	24.9	1,078
Nordonia High School	263	23.1	1,139
North High School	258	29.2	885
Kenmore/Garfield High School	239	27.4	871
Ellet Community Learning Center	234	26.8	872
Revere High School	230	26	886
Tallmadge High School	181	25.6	707
Copley High School	178	21	847
Buchtel Community Learning Center	172	19.2	895
East Community Learning Center	162	15.7	1,029
Norton High School	141	22.8	618
Woodridge High School	135	24.6	548
Springfield Junior/Senior High School	132	17.3	764
Coventry High School	128	25.9	495
Manchester High School	104	28.3	368
Akron Early College High School	91	24.4	373
Akron STEM High School	90	28	322
Mogadore High School	55	27.5	200
Towpath Trail High School	52	8.1	644
Steel Academy	24	21.6	111
APS Online	24	21.8	110
Cascade Career Prep High School	20	24.7	81
Akron Career Technology High School	19	25.7	74
Summit Academy Secondary - Akron	18	38.3	47
Seiberling Community Learning Center	0	0	404
Ritzman Community Learning Center	0	0	294
Schumacher Community Learning Cent	0	0	349
Glover Community Learning Center	0	0	241
Sam Salem Community Learning Center	0	0	352
Betty Jane Community Learning Center	0	0	341
Firestone Park Elementary School	0	0	302
Preston Elementary School	0	0	264
King Elementary School	0	0	382
Crouse Community Learning Center	0	0	399
Judith A. Resnik Community Learning Center	0	0	371
McEbright Community Learning Center	0	0	264
Portage Path Community Learning Center	0	0	255
Elizabeth Price Elementary School	0	0	288
Case Community Learning Center	0	0	345
Edge Academy the	0	0	238
Hill Community Learning Center	0	0	234
Greater Summit County Early Learning Center	0	0	112
Herberich Primary Elementary School	0	0	253
Barber Community Learning Center	0	0	273
Voris Community Learning Center	0	0	257
Pfeiffer Elementary School	0	0	203
Helen Arnold Community Learning Center	0	0	244
Rimer Community Learning Center	0	0	244
Windemere Community Learning Center	0	0	257
Mason Community Learning Center	0	0	290
Summit Academy Akron Elementary School	0	0	114
Main Preparatory Academy	0	0	63
Eagle Elementary of Akron	0	0	121
Schnee Learning Center	0	0	75
McDowell Early Learning School	0	0	375
Ellsworth Hill Elementary School	0	0	644
Richfield Elementary School	0	0	684
Barberton Elementary School West	0	0	751
Woodridge Elementary School	0	0	872
Findley Community Learning Center	0	0	557
Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center	0	0	644
Bath Elementary School	0	0	642
Lincoln Elementary School	0	0	395
Tallmadge Elementary School	0	0	1,089
Barberton Elementary School East	0	0	690
East Woods Intermediate School	0	0	1,017
Silver Lake Elementary School	0	0	216
Hatton Community Learning Center	0	0	431
Forest Hill Community Learning Center	0	0	438
Richardson Elementary School	0	0	336
Gordon Dewitt Elementary School	0	0	355
Leggett Community Learning Center	0	0	367
Imagine Akron Academy	0	0	26
Middlebury Academy	0	0	203
Summit Academy Akron Middle School	0	0	73
Case Preparatory Academy	0	0	318
Akros Middle School	0	0	120
Akron Preparatory School	0	0	381
Miller-South Visual Performing Arts	0	0	392
Mogadore Junior High School	0	0	132
I. Promise School	0	0	517
National Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM	0	0	390
Manchester Middle School	0	0	378
Coventry Middle School	0	0	436
Roberts Middle School	0	0	375
Woodridge Middle School	0	0	430
Litchfield Middle School	0	0	469
Norton Middle School	0	0	657
Copley-Fairlawn Middle School	0	0	827
Bolich Middle School	0	0	548
Tallmadge Middle School	0	0	596
Innes Community Learning Center	0	0	651
Hyre Community Learning Center	0	0	637
Jennings Community Learning Center	0	0	774
Revere Middle School	0	0	636
Nordonia Middle School	0	0	507
Barberton Middle School	0	0	762
Green Middle School	0	0	601
R. B. Chamberlin Middle School	0	0	584
Hudson Middle School	0	0	1,038
Kimpton Middle School	0	0	811
Indian Trail Elementary School	0	0	357
Riverview Elementary School	0	0	291
Fishcreek Elementary School	0	0	306
Rushwood Elementary School	0	0	331
Echo Hills Elementary School	0	0	309
Highland Elementary School	0	0	322
Arrowhead Primary Elementary School	0	0	368
Woodland Elementary School	0	0	296
Northfield Elementary School	0	0	356
Ledgeview Elementary School	0	0	422
Fort Island Primary Elementary School	0	0	375
Coventry Elementary School	0	0	446
Nolley Elementary School	0	0	438
Norton Elementary School	0	0	626
Robinson Community Learning Center	0	0	276
Akron Alternative Academy	0	0	113
Wilcox Elementary School	0	0	712
Samuel Bissell Elementary School	0	0	568
Green Primary School	0	0	840
Spring Hill Elementary School	0	0	490
Lakeview Elementary School	0	0	740
Green Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	902
Geo G. Dodge Elementary School	0	0	859
Lee Eaton Elementary School	0	0	523
Schrop Intermediate School	0	0	385
O. H. Somers Elementary School	0	0	385
Imagine Leadership Academy	0	0	134
Norton Primary Elementary School	0	0	220
Greenwood Early Learning Center	0	0	336