Medina Today

There were 628 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Medina County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Walter Kidder Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 165 students.

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

Statewide, Medina County ranked 18th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 24,113 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked 18th 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 Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Walter Kidder Elementary School	165	30.1	549
Eliza Northrop Elementary School	146	25.8	565
Buckeye Intermediate School	82	14.6	563
Granger Elementary School	75	14.5	518
Overlook Elementary School	62	16.2	382
Cloverleaf Elementary School	56	5.2	1,087
Isham Memorial Elementary School	42	10.9	385
Applewood Elementary School	0	0	414
Brunswick High School	0	0	1,819
C. R. Towslee Elementary School	0	0	317
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	452
Huntington Elementary School	0	0	312
Hickory Ridge Elementary School	0	0	381
Brunswick Memorial Elementary School	0	0	380
Brunswick Middle School	0	0	1,407
Ella Canavan Elementary School	0	0	357
Ralph E. Waite Elementary School	0	0	472
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	215
Claggett Middle School	0	0	675
Medina High School	0	0	1,900
Sidney Fenn Elementary School	0	0	406
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	346
A. I. Root Middle School	0	0	652
H. G. Blake Elementary School	0	0	431
Wadsworth Middle School	0	0	669
Franklin Elementary School	0	0	242
Lincoln Elementary School	0	0	234
Valley View Elementary School	0	0	339
Wadsworth High School	0	0	1,459
Central Intermediate School	0	0	598
Buckeye High School	0	0	613
Buckeye Primary School	0	0	631
Buckeye Junior High School	0	0	329
Cloverleaf High School	0	0	570
Cloverleaf Online Learning Academy	0	0	11
Cloverleaf Middle School	0	0	539
Highland High School	0	0	1,019
Hinckley Elementary School	0	0	387
Highland Middle School	0	0	743
Sharon Elementary School	0	0	664