Wayne County Today

There were 1,065 sixth grade students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Edgewood Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 240 students.

Within Wayne County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Wayne County ranked 26th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 13,716 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 26th 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Edgewood Middle School	240	33.6	714
Triway Junior High School	129	37.6	343
Orrville Middle School	109	22.5	485
Norwayne Middle School	102	32.9	310
Northwestern Middle School	97	33.7	288
Chippewa Intermediate School	81	24.1	336
Dalton Middle School	79	27.5	287
Rittman Middle School	75	35.4	212
Green Middle School	69	32.7	211
Apple Creek Elementary School	52	14.1	369
Mount Eaton Elementary School	21	16.5	127
Fredericksburg Elementary School	11	9.3	118
Norwayne Elementary School	0	0	581
Northwestern Elementary School	0	0	627
Green Elementary School	0	0	535
Wooster Twp Elementary School	0	0	379
Shreve Elementary School	0	0	328
Rittman Elementary School	0	0	395
Orrville Elementary School	0	0	579
Kean Elementary School	0	0	322
Dalton Elementary School	0	0	344
Parkview Elementary School	0	0	283
Cornerstone Elementary School	0	0	367
Melrose Elementary School	0	0	257
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	0	0	310
Rittman Academy	0	0	26
Beacon Hill Academy	0	0	50
Liberty Preparatory School	0	0	44
Orrville High School	0	0	399
Wooster High School	0	0	1,175
Rittman High School	0	0	204
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	0	0	537
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	24
Dalton High School	0	0	249
Smithville High School	0	0	273
Norwayne High School	0	0	376
Northwestern High School	0	0	341
John R. Lea Middle School	0	0	186
Waynedale High School	0	0	305
Triway High School	0	0	360