Medina Today

There were 1,807 eighth grade students enrolled in Medina County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Brunswick Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 457 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Brunswick Middle School	457	34.5	1,325
Wadsworth Middle School	336	53.3	630
Highland Middle School	232	30.5	761
A. I. Root Middle School	218	32.5	670
Claggett Middle School	213	31.7	671
Cloverleaf Middle School	197	33.1	595
Buckeye Junior High School	154	49.7	310
Wadsworth High School	0	0	1,406
Sharon Elementary School	0	0	663
Cloverleaf Elementary School	0	0	1,104
Isham Memorial Elementary School	0	0	349
Brunswick High School	0	0	1,786
Buckeye High School	0	0	577
Medina High School	0	0	1,811
Buckeye Primary School	0	0	603
Cloverleaf High School	0	0	561
Highland High School	0	0	1,019
Valley View Elementary School	0	0	330
Lincoln Elementary School	0	0	224
Overlook Elementary School	0	0	412
Franklin Elementary School	0	0	247
Buckeye Intermediate School	0	0	584
Central Intermediate School	0	0	582
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	214
Hinckley Elementary School	0	0	388
Walter Kidder Elementary School	0	0	496
Sidney Fenn Elementary School	0	0	402
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	335
Ralph E. Waite Elementary School	0	0	455
Ella Canavan Elementary School	0	0	345
Hickory Ridge Elementary School	0	0	416
Brunswick Memorial Elementary School	0	0	375
Granger Elementary School	0	0	508
Huntington Elementary School	0	0	483
Eliza Northrop Elementary School	0	0	586
H. G. Blake Elementary School	0	0	433
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	452
Applewood Elementary School	0	0	480