Heritage Middle School

As a moderately sized intermediate school in Newark, Ohio, Heritage Middle School instructs 416 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Newark City.

Heritage Middle School is one of 14 schools operated by Newark City, a district that teaches 5,805 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Heritage Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Licking County put the typical household earns roughly $84,426 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Licking County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), Heritage Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Carson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Heritage Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 416). Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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