Medina Today

There were 1,569 first grade students enrolled in Medina County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 12.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Cloverleaf Elementary School welcomed most of the first grade students in the county, registering 140 students.

Within Medina County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Medina County ranked 18th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 23,635 students enrolled in the 2023-24 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 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Cloverleaf Elementary School	140	12.7	1,104
Buckeye Primary School	128	21.2	603
Applewood Elementary School	88	18.3	480
Sharon Elementary School	86	13	663
Ralph E. Waite Elementary School	76	16.7	455
Isham Memorial Elementary School	75	21.5	349
Sidney Fenn Elementary School	74	18.4	402
Crestview Elementary School	72	15.9	452
Huntington Elementary School	70	14.5	483
Eliza Northrop Elementary School	69	11.8	586
Granger Elementary School	68	13.4	508
H. G. Blake Elementary School	66	15.2	433
Hickory Ridge Elementary School	62	14.9	416
Valley View Elementary School	61	18.5	330
Brunswick Memorial Elementary School	59	15.7	375
Hinckley Elementary School	58	14.9	388
Ella Canavan Elementary School	55	15.9	345
Heritage Elementary School	55	16.4	335
Walter Kidder Elementary School	54	10.9	496
Franklin Elementary School	43	17.4	247
Overlook Elementary School	40	9.7	412
Lincoln Elementary School	39	17.4	224
Garfield Elementary School	31	14.5	214
Brunswick High School	0	0	1,786
Wadsworth Middle School	0	0	630
Wadsworth High School	0	0	1,406
A. I. Root Middle School	0	0	670
Central Intermediate School	0	0	582
Buckeye High School	0	0	577
Medina High School	0	0	1,811
Claggett Middle School	0	0	671
Buckeye Intermediate School	0	0	584
Buckeye Junior High School	0	0	310
Cloverleaf High School	0	0	561
Brunswick Middle School	0	0	1,325
Cloverleaf Middle School	0	0	595
Highland High School	0	0	1,019
Highland Middle School	0	0	761