Wayne County Today

There were 1,062 fourth grade students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Orrville Elementary School welcomed most of the fourth grade students in the county, registering 115 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 4th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Orrville Elementary School	115	21.8	528
Northwestern Elementary School	108	16.9	639
Norwayne Elementary School	95	16.7	568
Chippewa Intermediate School	86	25.6	336
Green Elementary School	79	14.8	535
Dalton Elementary School	74	21	352
Wooster Twp Elementary School	73	19.5	374
Rittman Elementary School	66	17.7	372
Cornerstone Elementary School	63	17.8	353
Kean Elementary School	62	20.5	302
Parkview Elementary School	61	23.1	264
Shreve Elementary School	51	16.5	309
Melrose Elementary School	47	19.3	244
Apple Creek Elementary School	46	12.9	357
Mount Eaton Elementary School	19	16.4	116
Fredericksburg Elementary School	17	14.3	119
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	0	0	314
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 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
Rittman Academy	0	0	23
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