Lorain Times

North Ridgeville Academic Center had the highest enrollment among Lorain County schools, welcoming 1,896 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.2% of them were boys, and 46.8% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 84.8% of North Ridgeville Academic Center's total enrollment.

Among the 84 schools in Lorain County, Lorain High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,685 students, while Elyria High School welcomed 1,566 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

North Ridgeville Academic Center is part of North Ridgeville City, which generally encompasses schools within Lorain County, with its main office in North Ridgeville.

In the previous school year, North Ridgeville Academic Center still had the highest number of students among Lorain County schools.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
North Ridgeville Academic Center	North Ridgeville	1,896
Lorain High School	Lorain	1,685
Elyria High School	Elyria	1,566
Avon High School	Avon	1,402
North Ridgeville High School	North Ridgeville	1,257
Avon Lake High School	Avon Lake	1,147
Powers Elementary School	Amherst	1,137
Avon Middle School	Avon	1,080
Marion L. Steele High School	Amherst	1,019
Avon Heritage Elementary School	Avon	974
Amherst Junior High School	Amherst	869
Horizon Science Academy Lorain	Lorain	819
Firelands Elementary School	Oberlin	784
Midview High School	Grafton	747
Keystone Elementary School	Lagrange	657
Avon East Elementary School	Avon	644
Liberty Elementary School	North Ridgeville	597
Eastern Heights Middle School	Elyria	573
Northwood Middle School	Elyria	553
Troy Intermediate Elementary School	Avon Lake	547
Walter G. Nord Middle School	Amherst	539
Eastern Heights Elementary School	Elyria	528
Midview West Elementary School	Grafton	525
Midview North Elementary School	Grafton	520
Learwood Middle School	Avon Lake	520
Lorain Preparatory Academy	Lorain	514
Westwood Elementary School	Elyria	484
Vincent Elementary School	Lorain	484
Westwood Middle School	Elyria	483
Brookside Intermediate School	Sheffield Village	470
General Johnnie Wilson Middle School	Lorain	469
Brookside High School	Sheffield Village	457
North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community	North Ridgeville	456
Durling Middle School	Lorain	454
Firelands High School	Oberlin	453
Ely Elementary School	Elyria	442
Midview Middle School	Grafton	438
Larkmoor Elementary School	Lorain	435
Avon Early Learning Center	Avon	423
Midview East Intermediate School	Grafton	421
Southview Middle School	Lorain	421
Hamilton Elementary School	Elyria	417
Keystone High School	Lagrange	416
South Amherst Middle School	South Amherst	414
Copopa Elementary School	Columbia Station	399
Redwood Elementary School	Avon Lake	398
Oberlin Elementary School	Oberlin	393
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community	Elyria	392
Longfellow Middle School	Lorain	388
Eastview Elementary School	Avon Lake	383
McCormick Middle School	Wellington	377
Clearview High School	Lorain	362
Keystone Middle School	Lagrange	360
Northwood Elementary School	Elyria	353
Ranger High Technology Academy	North Ridgeville	306
Stevan Dohanos Elementary School	Lorain	303
Toni Wofford Morrison Elementary School	Lorain	294
Erieview Elementary School	Avon Lake	293
Columbia Middle School	Columbia Station	289
Westwood Elementary School	Wellington	288
Palm Elementary School	Lorain	286
Frank Jacinto Elementary School	Lorain	279
Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy	Lorain	271
Columbia High School	Columbia Station	261
Helen Steiner Rice Elementary School	Lorain	261
Washington Elementary School	Lorain	259
Westview Elementary School	Avon Lake	257
Hawthorne Elementary School	Lorain	256
Brookside Middle School	Sheffield Village	249
Admiral King Elementary School	Lorain	241
Wellington High School	Wellington	239
Garfield Elementary School	Lorain	222
Oberlin High School	Oberlin	215
Knollwood Elementary School	Sheffield Village	206
Langston Middle School	Oberlin	201
Forestlawn Early Learning Center	Sheffield Lake	170
Black River Career Prep High School	Elyria	156
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary School	Lorain	138
New Beginnings	Lorain	136
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle School	Lorain	94
Summit Academy School - Lorain	Lorain	69
Midview Virtual Programming	Grafton	69
Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain	Lorain	60
Clearview Local Schools	Lorain	36