Portage Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Portage County schools, non-Hispanic white was the most prevalent among the county students in the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of the 18,933 students attending Portage County schools, 80.9% were non-Hispanic white. Non-Hispanic black students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 7.5% of Portage County student body.

In the previous school year, non-Hispanic white students were also the most common group in Portage County, representing 81.8% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.9% when compared to the previous year.

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	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total enrollment
James A. Garfield High School	Non-Hispanic White	96.1%	361
Southeast Primary Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	96%	326
Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School	Non-Hispanic White	95.3%	316
James A. Garfield Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	95.2%	651
James A. Garfield Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	95.2%	210
Southeast Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	94.1%	337
Southeast High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.9%	376
Crestwood High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.8%	611
Waterloo Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	93.8%	178
Suffield Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	93.6%	393
Southeast Junior High School	Non-Hispanic White	93.1%	349
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	92.7%	219
Field High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.4%	528
Waterloo High School	Non-Hispanic White	92.3%	220
Waterloo Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	92%	410
Crestwood Intermediate School	Non-Hispanic White	91.6%	320
Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School	Non-Hispanic White	91%	995
Crestwood Primary School	Non-Hispanic White	91%	422
Rootstown Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	90.2%	440
Field Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	86.5%	446
Aurora High School	Non-Hispanic White	81.7%	944
Harmon Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	80.6%	697
Craddock Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	79%	400
Brimfield Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	78.1%	524
Leighton Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	77.5%	684
Miller Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	74.6%	283
Theodore Roosevelt High School	Non-Hispanic White	74%	1,056
Katherine Thomas Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	72%	225
Streetsboro High School	Non-Hispanic White	71.5%	594
Walls Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	70.8%	367
Windham High School	Non-Hispanic White	70.8%	106
Windham Junior High School	Non-Hispanic White	70.5%	132
West Main Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	70.1%	321
Ravenna High School	Non-Hispanic White	68.7%	559
West Park Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	68.4%	136
Streetsboro Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	68.3%	461
Streetsboro Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	67.2%	604
Brown Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	66.8%	503
Davey Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	66.7%	454
Willyard Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	66.5%	316
Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	64.8%	293
Stanton Middle School	Non-Hispanic White	64.6%	655
Longcoy Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	62.7%	271
Holden Elementary School	Non-Hispanic White	57.9%	240