Lorain County schools welcomed 2,834 kindergarten students in 2023-24 school year

Paul Craft Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://sboe.ohio.gov/about-us/superintendent/01-superintendent

By Lorain Times

Jun 22, 2025

There were 2,834 kindergarten students enrolled in Lorain County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 256 students.

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

Statewide, Lorain County ranked 10th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 40,705 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked ninth 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.

Lorain County Enrollment by Grade - Yearly Comparison

Kindergarten Enrollment in Lorain County Schools for 2023-24 School Year

School name	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community	256	56.1	456
Powers Elementary School	253	22.1	1,145
Avon Early Learning Center	220	57.9	380
Firelands Elementary School	123	15.5	793
Keystone Elementary School	109	15.8	690
Westwood Elementary School	107	22.6	473
Midview North Elementary School	106	22.1	479
Eastern Heights Elementary School	103	18.9	546
Vincent Elementary School	97	20.4	476
Forestlawn Early Learning Center	93	51.4	181
Ely Elementary School	88	19.1	460
Hamilton Elementary School	82	19.2	427
Horizon Science Academy Lorain	71	8.9	797
Westwood Elementary School	70	25.8	271
Redwood Elementary School	70	16.9	413
Larkmoor Elementary School	67	15.1	445
Northwood Elementary School	66	19.1	345
Copopa Elementary School	63	15.3	413
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community	62	15.8	393
Lorain Preparatory Academy	58	12.9	450
Oberlin Elementary School	56	15.5	361
Frank Jacinto Elementary School	56	17.8	314
Toni Wofford Morrison Elementary School	52	17.2	303
Palm Elementary School	45	15.1	299
Eastview Elementary School	44	12.7	346
Admiral King Elementary School	43	15.8	273
Westview Elementary School	42	14.8	283
Erieview Elementary School	42	14.8	283
Midview West Elementary School	41	9	455
Helen Steiner Rice Elementary School	41	14.2	288
Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy	40	15.4	259
Washington Elementary School	39	13.8	283
Stevan Dohanos Elementary School	37	12.4	299
Hawthorne Elementary School	36	15.2	237
Garfield Elementary School	33	13.2	250
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary School	23	20.7	111
Southview Middle School	0	0	417
Ranger High Technology Academy	0	0	294
Northwood Middle School	0	0	544
Eastern Heights Middle School	0	0	541
Elyria High School	0	0	1,542
North Ridgeville High School	0	0	1,229
North Ridgeville Academic Center	0	0	1,861
Liberty Elementary School	0	0	596
Langston Middle School	0	0	195
Oberlin High School	0	0	214
Brookside Intermediate School	0	0	419
Brookside High School	0	0	445
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle School	0	0	103
Knollwood Elementary School	0	0	230
McCormick Middle School	0	0	349
Brookside Middle School	0	0	251
Marion L. Steele High School	0	0	1,029
Amherst Junior High School	0	0	850
Walter G. Nord Middle School	0	0	553
Clearview High School	0	0	319
Durling Middle School	0	0	439
Learwood Middle School	0	0	550
Troy Intermediate Elementary School	0	0	542
Avon Lake High School	0	0	1,067
Avon Middle School	0	0	1,059
Avon High School	0	0	1,376
Avon East Elementary School	0	0	615
Avon Heritage Elementary School	0	0	952
Black River Career Prep High School	0	0	183
Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain	0	0	48
Midview Middle School	0	0	402
Midview High School	0	0	726
Midview East Intermediate School	0	0	411
Keystone Middle School	0	0	355
Keystone High School	0	0	419
South Amherst Middle School	0	0	416
Firelands High School	0	0	467
Columbia Middle School	0	0	311
Columbia High School	0	0	271
Wellington High School	0	0	245
New Beginnings	0	0	138
Lorain High School	0	0	1,660
Longfellow Middle School	0	0	349
General Johnnie Wilson Middle School	0	0	448
Westwood Middle School	0	0	497