Wayne County Today

There were 1,046 sixth grade students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less 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 236 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Edgewood Middle School	236	32.1	735
Triway Junior High School	124	35.1	353
Orrville Middle School	116	24.4	476
Norwayne Middle School	111	35.4	314
Northwestern Middle School	103	35.6	289
Green Middle School	78	34.4	227
Chippewa Intermediate School	77	22.9	336
Dalton Middle School	64	23.4	274
Rittman Middle School	57	30.2	189
Apple Creek Elementary School	46	12.9	357
Fredericksburg Elementary School	18	15.1	119
Mount Eaton Elementary School	16	13.8	116
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	0	0	497
Rittman High School	0	0	216
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
Wooster High School	0	0	1,155
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	0	0	314
Melrose Elementary School	0	0	244
Parkview Elementary School	0	0	264
Kean Elementary School	0	0	302
Cornerstone Elementary School	0	0	353
Dalton Elementary School	0	0	352
Orrville Elementary School	0	0	528
Beacon Hill Academy	0	0	49
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
Smithville High School	0	0	243
Rittman Academy	0	0	23
Norwayne High School	0	0	383
Shreve Elementary School	0	0	309
Rittman Elementary School	0	0	372
Wooster Twp Elementary School	0	0	374
Northwestern Elementary School	0	0	639
Green Elementary School	0	0	535
Norwayne Elementary School	0	0	568