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Enrollment
820
Middle
DISTRICT 828 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LICKING HEIGHTS LOCAL·NCES 390480003075
Licking Heights Middle School
4000 Mink St SW, Pataskala, OH 43062 · (740) 927-9046 · Licking County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL820 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Ohio public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
470 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 415 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 405 | 49% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Licking Heights Middle School→Licking Heights High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Licking Heights Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
70.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 68.6% |
| 2022-23 | 61.7% | 67.7% |
| 2021-22 | 53.6% | 70.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Licking Heights Middle School
Licking Heights Middle School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licking Heights Middle School this school | 820 | 57.3% | 55.9% |
| Summit Station Intermediate Pataskala | 836 | 64.1% | 70.8% |
| Waggoner Road Junior High Reynoldsburg | 924 | 67.3% | 47.5% |
| Baldwin Road Junior High School Reynoldsburg | 781 | 71.2% | 43.5% |
| Crossroads Middle School Fairfield | 1,111 | 54.4% | 61.3% |
| John Sells Middle School Dublin | 715 | 51.0% | 64.2% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Licking Heights Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #291 of 316 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #278 of 637 ▲ 25 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #477 of 637 ▲ 9 | #11 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #441 of 629 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 820 | #70 of 654 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #452 of 577 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #18 of 579 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #53 of 319 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #119 of 410 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
820
+117 (+17%) vs 2020
+252% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 820 | 42.4 | 19.3:1 | 57% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 37.4 | 21.0:1 | 61% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 35.9 | 20.3:1 | 48% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 45 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 981 | 49 | 20.0:1 | 45% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 947 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 40% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 43% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 15 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 13 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Licking Heights Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (981 to 820); teachers down 13% (49 to 42.4).
About Licking Heights Middle School
A large middle school in Pataskala, Ohio, Licking Heights Middle School is part of Licking Heights Local. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 820 students in grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students, so this school is 70% above average.
Licking Heights Middle School belongs to Licking Heights Local, a district of 7 schools and 5,232 students.
Black students are the largest group at Licking Heights Middle School, with 34% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 31% White, 26% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Licking County as a whole is about 4% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Licking Heights Middle School comes in at 72%.
With 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Licking Heights Middle School was 19.3:1. Among middle schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. Licking Heights Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 57%. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Licking County, the school's rate is higher.
Licking Heights Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Ohio public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Licking Heights Middle School posts 55.9% against a 67.2% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Ohio.
Census Bureau estimates for Licking County show that median household income is about $84,426, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 63 public schools operate in Licking County, serving about 29,815 students.
The shortest distance from Licking Heights Middle School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Licking Heights High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Licking Heights Middle School is 8th among 8 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 703 in 2020-21 and 820 in 2024-25, a 17% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.6:1 to 19.3:1.
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Licking County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,837
Census ACS
Median income
$84,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
29,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Licking Heights Local
- Licking Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Summit Station IntermediateMiddle · 836 students
- Lima Ridge ElementaryElementary · 745 students
- Everest Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
- Broad Peak ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Pathfinders PreschoolElementary · 171 students
Other schools in Pataskala
- Licking Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Watkins Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,397 students
- Summit Station IntermediateMiddle · 836 students
- Watkins Intermediate SchoolElementary · 801 students
- Lima Ridge ElementaryElementary · 745 students
- Broad Peak ElementaryElementary · 550 students
Nearby schools
- Licking Heights High School0.4 mi · 1,428
- Lima Ridge Elementary0.6 mi · 745
- Pathfinders Preschool2.4 mi · 171
- Summit Station Intermediate2.5 mi · 836
- Everest Elementary School2.6 mi · 682
- Broad Peak Elementary2.6 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Licking Heights Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Licking Heights Middle School?
Licking Heights Middle School enrolls approximately 820 students in grades 07-08.
Is Licking Heights Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Licking Heights Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Licking Heights Middle School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Licking Heights Middle School.
How diverse is Licking Heights Middle School?
Licking Heights Middle School reports a student body of 31% White, 6% Hispanic, 34% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Licking Heights Middle School?
Licking Heights Middle School is overseen by Licking Heights Local in Licking County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.