The Painesville City Local Schools, one of the largest employers in the City of Painesville, has a current enrollment of 3044 students and employs approximately 420 administrators, teachers and support staff to serve the widely diverse student population.

Currently, the district is comprised of one high school, one middle school and five elementary schools that serve the educational needs of the 17,503 people that live within the 7.75 square miles of the Painesville City community.

In the fall of 2005, the district embarked on a 5-year, $91 million dollar construction project. The fist of those schools, Chestnut Elementary School, is completed and welcoming students in K-6 for the 2007-2008 school year.  Next summer, we will open Elm Street and Maple Elementary School and Heritage Middles School.  The new Harvey High School will break ground this fall 2007 and will be completed in the 2009-10 school year replacing all seven of the aging facilities with five new, state-of-the art school buildings.