Ravenna Preschool

Ravenna Preschool is one of the one-room-style elementary schools in Ravenna, Ohio, run under Ravenna City, with 115 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Ravenna City comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,874 students; Ravenna Preschool is among them.

On demographics, Ravenna Preschool reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Portage County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Portage County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,766 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ravenna Preschool is one of 48 public schools in Portage County (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students).

The closest other public school is Ravenna High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Ravenna Preschool operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 180%: 41 students in 2018 compared to 115 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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