Etna Elementary

Etna Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Etna, Ohio, part of Southwest Licking Local, enrolling 511 students in grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Across the 8 schools in Southwest Licking Local (5,039 students total), Etna Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Etna Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Etna Elementary shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Etna Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Licking County shows median household income runs about $84,426, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Licking County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), Etna Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Southwest Licking Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Etna Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Etna Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

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