West Stark News

There were 3,644 kindergarten students enrolled in Stark County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Clearmount Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 281 students.

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

Statewide, Stark County ranked eighth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 51,259 students enrolled in the 2023-24 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
Clearmount Elementary School	281	26.9	1,046
Lake Primary School	192	44.3	433
Alliance Early Learning School	190	47.7	398
Walker Elementary School	126	16.7	756
Strausser Elementary School	122	14.5	840
Harter Elementary School	121	31	390
Franklin Elementary School	118	25.4	464
Louisville Elementary School	116	11.9	971
Northwest Primary School	106	29.1	364
Minerva Elementary School	106	13.7	776
Fairless Elementary School	102	17	599
Sauder Elementary School	101	14.7	688
Gibbs Elementary School	100	31.6	316
Gorrell Elementary School	98	25.1	390
Robert A. Taft Elementary School	95	23.9	398
Middlebranch Elementary School	94	17.5	536
Whittier Elementary School	90	24.3	370
Cedar Elementary School	85	21.4	397
Lake Cable Elementary School	85	14.5	587
Tuslaw Elementary School	80	16.9	472
North Nimishillen Elementary School	77	19.8	389
Belle Stone Elementary School	77	24.1	319
Whipple Heights Elementary School	69	18.1	381
Ransom H. Barr Elementary School	69	19.9	347
Amherst Elementary School	65	14.4	452
East Canton Elementary School	65	13.8	470
Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary School	64	16.4	391
Watson Elementary School	61	20.7	295
Canton College Preparatory School	57	14.6	391
T. C. Knapp Elementary School	57	12.4	458
Lexington Elementary School	55	17	323
Genoa Elementary School	53	18.9	280
Avondale Elementary School	52	20.6	253
Worley Elementary School	51	15.2	335
Charles L. Warstler Elementary School	51	17.1	299
Frazer Elementary School	51	18.8	271
Washington Elementary School	48	17.3	278
Marlboro Elementary School	37	17.8	208
East Branch Preparatory AcademydbaWright Preparatory Academy	35	23.3	150
AIM Academy @ Belden	35	12.4	283
Beacon Academy	33	12.4	266
Lohr Elementary School	28	13.7	205
Canton Arts Academy @ Summit	22	8.1	271
Portage Collab Montessori Middle School	12	7.1	169
Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton	12	9.5	126
Faircrest Memorial Middle School	0	0	365
Minerva High School	0	0	416
Fairless High School	0	0	305
Fairless Middle School	0	0	310
Minerva Middle School	0	0	424
Jackson High School	0	0	1,846
Marlington Middle School	0	0	394
Oakwood Middle School	0	0	866
Summit Academy Secondary - Canton	0	0	57
Canton Harbor High School	0	0	118
Glenwood Intermediate School	0	0	825
Canton South High School	0	0	633
Orchard Hill Intermediate School	0	0	887
North Canton Middle School	0	0	967
Hoover High School	0	0	1,438
W. S. Stinson Elementary School	0	0	392
Washington High School	0	0	1,220
Northwest High School	0	0	490
Massillon Intermediate School	0	0	907
Northwest Middle School	0	0	395
Massillon Junior High School	0	0	573
Choices Alternative School	0	0	157
Crenshaw Middle School	0	0	775
Youtz Intermediate School	0	0	294
Pfeiffer Intermediate School	0	0	594
Tuslaw Middle School	0	0	433
Tuslaw High School	0	0	300
Perry High School	0	0	1,346
Edison Middle School	0	0	622
East Canton Middle School	0	0	180
East Canton High School	0	0	231
Jackson Memorial Middle School	0	0	1,323
Stark High School	0	0	110
McKinley High School	0	0	2,086
McGregor Intermediate School	0	0	233
STEAMM Academy	0	0	501
Lake Middle / High School	0	0	1,564
Lake Elementary School	0	0	1,195
Bulldog Virtual Academy	0	0	136
Clarendon Intermediate School	0	0	251
Louisville High School	0	0	763
Louisville Middle School	0	0	641
Alliance Elementary School at Rockhill	0	0	371
Alliance Intermediate School @ Northside	0	0	419
Alliance Middle School	0	0	569
GlenOak High School	0	0	1,986
Alliance High School	0	0	860
Marlington High School	0	0	618