Lima Ridge Elementary

Located at 3693 Summit Rd SW, in Pataskala, Ohio, Lima Ridge Elementary is an expansive elementary campus that hosts 745 students (grades K through 4), operated by Licking Heights Local. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Lima Ridge Elementary sits 84% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Lima Ridge Elementary logs that 40% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 17% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lima Ridge Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Licking County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lima Ridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.9%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Licking County put median household earnings sit near $84,426, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Licking County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), Lima Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Licking Heights High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lima Ridge Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 64.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.