NE Ohio Times

There were 665 kindergarten students enrolled in Geauga County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Timmons Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 153 students.

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

Statewide, Geauga County ranked 37th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 9,499 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 37th 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
Timmons Elementary School	153	20.1	760
Chardon Early Learning Center	140	61.4	228
Westwood Elementary School	138	32.9	420
Berkshire Elementary School	101	19.2	525
Gurney Elementary School	98	20.5	479
A. J. Jordak Elementary School	35	12.8	274
Berkshire High School	0	0	360
Berkshire Middle School	0	0	397
Cardinal Middle School	0	0	246
Cardinal High School	0	0	198
Chardon High School	0	0	1,049
Chardon Middle School	0	0	706
Munson Elementary School	0	0	264
Park Elementary School	0	0	239
Kenston High School	0	0	765
Kenston Middle School	0	0	598
Kenston Intermediate School	0	0	387
Robert C. Lindsey Elementary School	0	0	464
West Geauga High School	0	0	617
West Geauga Middle School	0	0	511