Licking Heights Middle School

As an expansive middle-grades school in Pataskala, Ohio, Licking Heights Middle School caters to 820 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by Licking Heights Local. Enrollment runs roughly 70% above the state mean of about 482.

Across the 7 schools in Licking Heights Local (5,232 students total), Licking Heights Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Licking Heights Middle School shows that 34% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% White, 26% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Licking County as a whole is about 4% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Licking County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Licking Heights Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 67.2%; Licking Heights Middle School posts 55.9%, -11.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Licking County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,426, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Licking County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), of which Licking Heights Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Licking Heights High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Licking Heights Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Licking Heights Middle School has contracted 16%, going from 981 students in 2018 to 820 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 31% across the same window.

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