Wayne County Today

Wooster High School had the highest enrollment among Wayne County schools, welcoming 1,175 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.9% of them were boys, and 49.1% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 83.3% of Wooster High School's total enrollment.

Among the 40 schools in Wayne County, Edgewood Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 713 students, while Northwestern Elementary School welcomed 627 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Wooster High School is part of Wooster City, which generally encompasses schools within Wayne County, with its main office in Wooster.

In the previous school year, Wooster High School still had the highest number of students among Wayne County schools.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
Wooster High School	Wooster	1,175
Edgewood Middle School	Wooster	713
Northwestern Elementary School	West Salem	627
Norwayne Elementary School	Creston	581
Orrville Elementary School	Orrville	578
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	Doylestown	537
Green Elementary School	Smithville	534
Orrville Middle School	Orrville	485
Orrville High School	Orrville	399
Rittman Elementary School	Rittman	395
Wooster Twp Elementary School	Wooster	381
Norwayne High School	Creston	376
Apple Creek Elementary School	Apple Creek	369
Cornerstone Elementary School	Wooster	367
Triway High School	Wooster	360
Dalton Elementary School	Dalton	344
Triway Junior High School	Wooster	344
Northwestern High School	West Salem	340
Chippewa Intermediate School	Doylestown	337
Shreve Elementary School	Shreve	328
Kean Elementary School	Wooster	323
Norwayne Middle School	Creston	310
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	Doylestown	309
Waynedale High School	Apple Creek	305
Northwestern Middle School	West Salem	288
Dalton Middle School	Dalton	287
Parkview Elementary School	Wooster	283
Smithville High School	Smithville	273
Melrose Elementary School	Wooster	256
Dalton High School	Dalton	250
Rittman Middle School	Rittman	212
Green Middle School	Smithville	211
Rittman High School	Rittman	203
John R. Lea Middle School	Apple Creek	187
Mount Eaton Elementary School	Mount Eaton	128
Fredericksburg Elementary School	Fredericksburg	127
Beacon Hill Academy	Mount Eaton	57
Liberty Preparatory School	Smithville	53
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	Doylestown	47
Rittman Academy	Rittman	37