NE Ohio Times

There were 919 seventh grade students enrolled in Ashtabula County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Lakeside Junior High School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 218 students.

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

Statewide, Ashtabula County ranked 33rd in enrollment numbers, with a total of 11,323 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked 30th 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lakeside Junior High School	218	47.9	455
Jefferson Area Junior High School	161	53.1	303
Geneva Middle School	152	33.3	456
Conneaut Middle School	125	34.2	366
Wallace H. Braden Middle School	123	32.4	380
Pymatuning Valley Middle School	77	26.2	294
Grand Valley Middle School	63	25.1	251
Pymatuning Valley High School	0	0	303
Jefferson Area Senior High School	0	0	402
Grand Valley High School	0	0	237
Edgewood High School	0	0	464
Michigan Primary School	0	0	380
Austinburg Elementary School	0	0	229
Cork Elementary School	0	0	285
Ridgeview Elementary School	0	0	403
Kingsville Elementary School	0	0	371
Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary School	0	0	375
Lakeside High School	0	0	805
Conneaut High School	0	0	366
Geneva High School	0	0	624
Gateway Elementary School	0	0	349
Lakeshore Primary Elementary School	0	0	473
Ontario Primary School	0	0	210
Grand Valley Elementary School	0	0	317
Pymatuning Valley Primary Elementary School	0	0	452
Superior Intermediate School	0	0	405
Rock Creek Elementary School	0	0	303
Jefferson Elementary School	0	0	638
Erie Intermediate School	0	0	382