Wayne County Today

There were 13,716 students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county's student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 88.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Wayne County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 4%, 3.6% multiracial students, 1.1% Black, Non-Hispanic students and 0.2% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Wooster High School had the highest enrollment among Wayne County's 40 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,175 students.

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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Wooster High School	1,147	1,175	2.4
Edgewood Middle School	701	713	1.7
Northwestern Elementary School	637	627	-1.6
Norwayne Elementary School	601	581	-3.3
Orrville Elementary School	579	578	-0.2
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	528	537	1.7
Green Elementary School	522	534	2.3
Orrville Middle School	511	485	-5.1
Orrville High School	357	399	11.8
Rittman Elementary School	391	395	1
Wooster Twp Elementary School	433	381	-12
Norwayne High School	390	376	-3.6
Apple Creek Elementary School	378	369	-2.4
Cornerstone Elementary School	349	367	5.2
Triway High School	375	360	-4
Triway Junior High School	240	344	43.3
Dalton Elementary School	349	344	-1.4
Northwestern High School	329	340	3.3
Chippewa Intermediate School	327	337	3.1
Shreve Elementary School	380	328	-13.7
Kean Elementary School	320	323	0.9
Norwayne Middle School	320	310	-3.1
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	301	309	2.7
Waynedale High School	307	305	-0.7
Northwestern Middle School	299	288	-3.7
Dalton Middle School	275	287	4.4
Parkview Elementary School	272	283	4
Smithville High School	313	273	-12.8
Melrose Elementary School	273	256	-6.2
Dalton High School	258	250	-3.1
Rittman Middle School	206	212	2.9
Green Middle School	210	211	0.5
Rittman High School	214	203	-5.1
John R. Lea Middle School	184	187	1.6
Mount Eaton Elementary School	125	128	2.4
Fredericksburg Elementary School	123	127	3.3
Beacon Hill Academy	49	57	16.3
Liberty Preparatory School	51	53	3.9
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	67	47	-29.9
Rittman Academy	38	37	-2.6