Public schools in Elyria, OH

Elyria has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,293 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Elyria City School District runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Elyria's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in ElyriaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Elyria City School District105,804$17,206
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community1396$11,220
Black River Career Prep High School1145$15,779

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Elyria, 1,722 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Elyria High School1,54012.853.6%Elyria City
Black River Career Prep High School18220.2All free (CEP)Black River Career Prep High School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Elyria, 1,628 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Northwood Middle School59914.177.8%Elyria City
Eastern Heights Middle School54912.984.8%Elyria City
Westwood Middle School48011.063.8%Elyria City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 elementary schools in Elyria, 2,641 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Eastern Heights Elementary School55917.0not reportedElyria City
Ely Elementary School46218.662.7%Elyria City
Westwood Elementary School44118.166.5%Elyria City
Hamilton Elementary School43716.985.3%Elyria City
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community40919.325.5%Constellation Schools: Elyria Community
Northwood Elementary School33317.8not reportedElyria City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Elyria, 302 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Elyria Early Childhood Center30218.9not reportedElyria City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Elyria's public schools compare with Ohio's

The median Elyria school has 17.4 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Ohio median of 17.0. 58% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 49% across the state. Its median school enrolls 452 students (state 395).

Elyria against Ohio, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ElyriaOhio
Median students per teacher17.417.0
Median school size (students)452395
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)58%49%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)75%41%
Charter schools17%9.0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Elyria schools and the 3,471 Ohio schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Elyria

  1. Elyria City School DistrictRuns 10 of Elyria's 12 public schools and spent $17,206 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,206
  2. Elyria High School, the largest high school in Elyria1,540 students in 2024-25, 12.8 per teacher.1,540
  3. Compare Elyria City School District with Constellation Schools: Elyria CommunityElyria's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in OhioOhio's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Elyria addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Ohio

  1. Columbus221 schools
  2. Cincinnati169 schools
  3. Cleveland152 schools
  4. Toledo94 schools
  5. Dayton84 schools
  6. Akron72 schools
  7. Canton38 schools
  8. Youngstown38 schools

Questions about schools in Elyria

  1. How many public schools are in Elyria, OH?
    12 public schools with an address in Elyria were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,293 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Elyria?
    Elyria High School, with 1,540 students in 2024-25 (Elyria City School District).
  3. Which districts run Elyria's schools?
    Elyria City School District (10 schools), Constellation Schools: Elyria Community (1 school), Black River Career Prep High School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .