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Enrollment
589
High
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LICKING VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390480103078
Licking Valley High School
100 Hainsview Dr, Newark, OH 43055 · (740) 763-3721 · Licking County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Ohio public high schools
- B-Test 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.
- A-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
213 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 176 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 169 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 123 | 21% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Licking Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
42.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 41.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.6% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 64.8% | 31.4% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 75% 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 Valley High School
Licking Valley High School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licking Valley High School this school | 589 | 36.2% | 59.7% |
| United High School Hanoverton | 541 | 34.0% | 64.5% |
| Valley View High School Germantown | 468 | 39.7% | 69.4% |
| Taylor High School Cleves | 608 | 38.3% | 67.0% |
| Highland High School Marengo | 468 | 35.3% | 65.5% |
| Eaton High School Eaton | 546 | 38.5% | 71.0% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #334 of 403 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #476 of 776 ▼ 27 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #335 of 774 ▲ 101 | #5 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #195 of 742 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #314 of 888 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #550 of 739 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #621 of 749 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #274 of 435 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #462 of 484 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
589
+40 (+7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 589 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 38% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 32.4 | 18.4:1 | 32% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 30% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 36% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 7% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 27 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Licking Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (597 to 589); teachers down 4% (32.4 to 31).
About Licking Valley High School
Licking Valley High School is a mid-sized high school in Ohio, located in Newark. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 589 students in 2024-25.
Licking Valley Local has 4 schools and 2,035 students, and Licking Valley High School is one of those schools.
Licking Valley High School is 94% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial. That compares with about 86% White among all Licking County residents. The diversity index for Licking Valley High School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Licking Valley High School comes to 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1. Licking Valley High School counts 36% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Ohio public high schools, Licking Valley High School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Licking Valley High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Ohio schools. It scores 59.7%; the prediction is 75.2%.
In Licking County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $84,426, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 63 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,815, Licking Valley High School among them.
The closest school to Licking Valley High School is Licking Valley Online Learning School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Licking Valley High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles.
The NCES locale for Licking Valley High School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 589 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 549. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.2:1 to 19.0:1.
The Licking Valley High School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Valley Local
- Licking Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 913 students
- Licking Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Licking Valley Online Learning SchoolHigh · 10 students
Other schools in Newark
- Newark High SchoolHigh · 1,369 students
- Licking Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 913 students
- Career and Technology Educational CentersHigh · 789 students
- Licking Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Legend ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Licking Valley Online Learning School0.0 mi · 10
- Licking Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 523
- Licking Valley Elementary School0.4 mi · 913
- Headstart Eastland4.2 mi · 16
- Heritage Middle School4.8 mi · 416
- Carson Elementary School5.1 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Licking Valley High SchoolHow large is Licking Valley High School?
Licking Valley High School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Licking Valley High School serve?
Licking Valley High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Licking Valley High School have?
Licking Valley High School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Licking Valley High School?
Student demographics at Licking Valley High School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Licking Valley High School in?
Licking Valley High School is part of Licking Valley Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.