West Stark News

There were 3,929 first grade students enrolled in Stark County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Lake Primary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 196 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lake Primary School	196	43.1	455
Alliance Early Learning School	183	29.9	612
Northwood Elementary School	157	32.6	482
Strausser Elementary School	146	17.4	838
Clearmount Elementary School	137	36.4	376
Sauder Elementary School	133	19	701
Middlebranch Elementary School	128	24.7	519
Louisville Elementary School	127	13.8	917
Minerva Elementary School	124	15.2	817
Franklin Elementary School	120	27.4	438
Lake Cable Elementary School	120	19	633
Walker Elementary School	118	15.5	762
Northwest Primary School	116	29.4	395
Tuslaw Elementary School	107	22.2	481
Harter Elementary School	105	27.9	377
Fairless Elementary School	104	17.4	599
Cedar Elementary School	100	24.8	403
Whittier Elementary School	100	27.5	364
Robert A. Taft Elementary School	96	25.3	380
Gibbs Elementary School	91	29.2	312
Gorrell Elementary School	89	22.1	403
Whipple Heights Elementary School	87	22.4	388
Amherst Elementary School	85	17.7	480
Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary School	82	20.9	393
North Nimishillen Elementary School	80	21	381
Belle Stone Elementary School	79	23.6	335
Ransom H. Barr Elementary School	79	21.6	365
Genoa Elementary School	71	24.9	285
East Canton Elementary School	70	15.4	456
Lexington Elementary School	58	18.2	318
Charles L. Warstler Elementary School	57	19.3	295
Frazer Elementary School	56	19.6	286
Avondale Elementary School	56	21.4	262
Worley Elementary School	54	17.4	311
Canton College Preparatory School	51	13.6	375
T. C. Knapp Elementary School	50	11.4	437
Watson Elementary School	49	17.4	281
Marlboro Elementary School	45	21.7	207
Lohr Elementary School	44	19.8	222
Washington Elementary School	42	16.2	259
AIM Academy @ Belden	35	13.1	268
Beacon Academy	29	12	242
Portage Collab Montessori Middle School	26	14.6	178
Canton Arts Academy @ Summit	21	8.4	249
East Branch Preparatory AcademydbaWright Preparatory Academy	15	12.8	117
Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton	11	17.2	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