West Stark News

There were 3,771 kindergarten students enrolled in Stark County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Lake Primary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 259 students.

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

Statewide, Stark County ranked eighth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 51,908 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked eighth 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lake Primary School	259	56.9	455
Alliance Early Learning School	214	35	612
Northwood Elementary School	152	31.5	482
Northwest Primary School	139	35.2	395
Minerva Elementary School	134	16.4	817
Strausser Elementary School	122	14.6	838
Sauder Elementary School	120	17.1	701
Clearmount Elementary School	118	31.4	376
Walker Elementary School	115	15.1	762
Cedar Elementary School	111	27.5	403
Louisville Elementary School	111	12.1	917
Franklin Elementary School	110	25.1	438
Gorrell Elementary School	110	27.3	403
North Nimishillen Elementary School	98	25.7	381
Fairless Elementary School	97	16.2	599
Belle Stone Elementary School	94	28.1	335
Lake Cable Elementary School	94	14.8	633
Middlebranch Elementary School	92	17.7	519
Harter Elementary School	86	22.8	377
Tuslaw Elementary School	86	17.9	481
Whittier Elementary School	83	22.8	364
East Canton Elementary School	78	17.1	456
Robert A. Taft Elementary School	77	20.3	380
Amherst Elementary School	73	15.2	480
Gibbs Elementary School	72	23.1	312
Ransom H. Barr Elementary School	67	18.4	365
Whipple Heights Elementary School	66	17	388
Watson Elementary School	65	23.1	281
Frazer Elementary School	62	21.7	286
Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary School	61	15.5	393
T. C. Knapp Elementary School	59	13.5	437
Avondale Elementary School	56	21.4	262
Canton College Preparatory School	51	13.6	375
Genoa Elementary School	50	17.5	285
Washington Elementary School	48	18.5	259
Worley Elementary School	46	14.8	311
Charles L. Warstler Elementary School	46	15.6	295
Lexington Elementary School	45	14.2	318
Lohr Elementary School	41	18.5	222
AIM Academy @ Belden	39	14.6	268
Marlboro Elementary School	34	16.4	207
East Branch Preparatory AcademydbaWright Preparatory Academy	25	21.4	117
Beacon Academy	22	9.1	242
Canton Arts Academy @ Summit	18	7.2	249
Portage Collab Montessori Middle School	15	8.4	178
Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton	10	15.6	64
Summit Academy Secondary - Canton	0	0	63
Canton Harbor High School	0	0	123
Alliance High School	0	0	890
Alliance Middle School	0	0	597
Alliance Intermediate School @ Northside	0	0	384
Alliance Elementary School at Rockhill	0	0	394
Clarendon Intermediate School	0	0	253
Bulldog Virtual Academy	0	0	243
STEAMM Academy	0	0	551
McGregor Intermediate School	0	0	229
McKinley High School	0	0	2,070
Youtz Intermediate School	0	0	290
Crenshaw Middle School	0	0	778
Choices Alternative School	0	0	128
Massillon Junior High School	0	0	579
Massillon Intermediate School	0	0	874
Washington High School	0	0	1,161
Greentown Intermediate School	0	0	497
Hoover High School	0	0	1,463
North Canton Middle School	0	0	937
Orchard Hill Intermediate School	0	0	419
Canton South High School	0	0	661
Faircrest Memorial Middle School	0	0	393
Fairless High School	0	0	322
Fairless Middle School	0	0	314
Jackson High School	0	0	1,926
Jackson Memorial Middle School	0	0	1,315
Lake Middle / High School	0	0	1,565
Lake Elementary School	0	0	1,284
Louisville High School	0	0	767
Louisville Middle School	0	0	671
Marlington High School	0	0	621
Marlington Middle School	0	0	450
Minerva Middle School	0	0	441
Minerva High School	0	0	412
W. S. Stinson Elementary School	0	0	391
Northwest High School	0	0	548
Northwest Middle School	0	0	382
East Canton High School	0	0	243
East Canton Middle School	0	0	188
Edison Middle School	0	0	688
Perry High School	0	0	1,369
Pfeiffer Intermediate School	0	0	588
Oakwood Middle School	0	0	942
GlenOak High School	0	0	1,949
Glenwood Intermediate School	0	0	860
Tuslaw Middle School	0	0	439
Tuslaw High School	0	0	305
Stark High School	0	0	108