Headstart Eastland

As an one-room-style elementary campus in Newark, Ohio, Headstart Eastland enrolls 16 students from grade pre-K, one of the schools within Newark City. Enrollment runs roughly 96% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Newark City runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 5,805 students. Headstart Eastland is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Headstart Eastland logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Black, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Headstart Eastland has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Licking County put the typical household earns roughly $84,426 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Headstart Eastland is one of 63 public schools in Licking County (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students).

The closest other public school is Heritage Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.