Wayne County Today

There were 1,137 ninth grade students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Wooster High School welcomed most of the ninth grade students in the county, registering 283 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 9th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Wooster High School	283	24.1	1,175
Orrville High School	138	34.6	399
Triway High School	120	33.3	360
Northwestern High School	110	32.3	341
Norwayne High School	107	28.5	376
Waynedale High School	97	31.8	305
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	91	16.9	537
Rittman High School	71	34.8	204
Smithville High School	63	23.1	273
Dalton High School	57	22.9	249
Orrville Middle School	0	0	485
Triway Junior High School	0	0	343
Norwayne Middle School	0	0	310
Northwestern Middle School	0	0	288
Rittman Middle School	0	0	212
John R. Lea Middle School	0	0	186
Dalton Middle School	0	0	287
Green Middle School	0	0	211
Beacon Hill Academy	0	0	50
Edgewood Middle School	0	0	714
Chippewa Intermediate School	0	0	336
Apple Creek Elementary School	0	0	369
Mount Eaton Elementary School	0	0	127
Fredericksburg Elementary School	0	0	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
Liberty Preparatory School	0	0	44
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	24