Licking Valley Elementary School

As a sizable elementary campus in Newark, Ohio, Licking Valley Elementary School enrolls 913 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Licking Valley Local. Enrollment runs roughly 126% above the state mean of about 404.

Licking Valley Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,035 students. Licking Valley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Licking Valley Elementary School lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Licking Valley Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Licking Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.8%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Around the school, Licking County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,426 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Licking County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), of which Licking Valley Elementary School is one.

Licking Valley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Licking Valley Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Licking Valley Elementary School has declined 3%, going from 944 students in 2018 to 913 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.