Wayne County Today

There were 984 kindergarten students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Northwestern Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 116 students.

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

Statewide, Wayne County ranked 27th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 13,457 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was 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 Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Northwestern Elementary School	116	18.2	639
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	97	30.9	314
Orrville Elementary School	97	18.4	528
Norwayne Elementary School	94	16.5	568
Green Elementary School	91	17	535
Dalton Elementary School	75	21.3	352
Cornerstone Elementary School	64	18.1	353
Wooster Twp Elementary School	53	14.2	374
Rittman Elementary School	52	14	372
Shreve Elementary School	47	15.2	309
Kean Elementary School	46	15.2	302
Apple Creek Elementary School	46	12.9	357
Parkview Elementary School	41	15.5	264
Melrose Elementary School	32	13.1	244
Mount Eaton Elementary School	21	18.1	116
Fredericksburg Elementary School	12	10.1	119
Edgewood Middle School	0	0	735
Orrville Middle School	0	0	476
Wooster High School	0	0	1,155
Rittman Middle School	0	0	189
Rittman High School	0	0	216
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	0	0	497
Chippewa Intermediate School	0	0	336
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	11
Dalton High School	0	0	253
Orrville High School	0	0	411
Liberty Preparatory School	0	0	43
Beacon Hill Academy	0	0	49
Triway Junior High School	0	0	353
Triway High School	0	0	358
Waynedale High School	0	0	306
John R. Lea Middle School	0	0	183
Northwestern High School	0	0	313
Northwestern Middle School	0	0	289
Norwayne High School	0	0	383
Norwayne Middle School	0	0	314
Smithville High School	0	0	243
Green Middle School	0	0	227
Dalton Middle School	0	0	274
Rittman Academy	0	0	23