Wayne County Today

There were 1,119 10th grade students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Wooster High School welcomed most of the 10th grade students in the county, registering 283 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 10th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Wooster High School	283	24.5	1,155
Orrville High School	133	32.4	411
Triway High School	115	32.1	358
Norwayne High School	110	28.7	383
Northwestern High School	103	32.9	313
Waynedale High School	91	29.7	306
Chippewa Junior-Senior High School	87	17.5	497
Dalton High School	62	24.5	253
Smithville High School	61	25.1	243
Rittman High School	61	28.2	216
Liberty Preparatory School	13	30.2	43
Apple Creek Elementary School	0	0	357
Fredericksburg Elementary School	0	0	119
Mount Eaton Elementary School	0	0	116
Northwestern Middle School	0	0	289
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	0	0	11
Cornerstone Elementary School	0	0	353
Kean Elementary School	0	0	302
Parkview Elementary School	0	0	264
Melrose Elementary School	0	0	244
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	0	0	314
Green Middle School	0	0	227
Beacon Hill Academy	0	0	49
Rittman Middle School	0	0	189
Dalton Middle School	0	0	274
Edgewood Middle School	0	0	735
Dalton Elementary School	0	0	352
Orrville Elementary School	0	0	528
Orrville Middle School	0	0	476
Norwayne Middle School	0	0	314
Triway Junior High School	0	0	353
Rittman Academy	0	0	23
John R. Lea Middle School	0	0	183
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
Chippewa Intermediate School	0	0	336