Vacationland Times

There were 608 seventh grade students enrolled in Huron County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 10.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Norwalk Middle School welcomed most of the seventh grade students in the county, registering 166 students.

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

Statewide, Huron County ranked 46th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 7,134 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 46th 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 7th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Norwalk Middle School	166	44.5	373
Bellevue Middle School	127	31.1	408
Willard Middle School	97	33	294
Western Reserve Middle School	75	34.6	217
New London Middle School	66	35.1	188
South Central Junior High School	40	25.8	155
Monroeville High School	37	15.7	236
South Central Elementary School	0	0	393
Pleasant Elementary School	0	0	392
Maplehurst Elementary School	0	0	456
New London Elementary School	0	0	454
Western Reserve High School	0	0	267
Western Reserve Elementary School	0	0	478
South Central High School	0	0	178
New London High School	0	0	215
Willard High School	0	0	332
Willard Elementary School	0	0	570
Norwalk High School	0	0	664
League Elementary School	0	0	193
Monroeville Elementary School	0	0	310
Main Street School	0	0	354