Licking Valley Middle School

Licking Valley Middle School is a middle-grades school of average-sized scale in Newark, Ohio, one of the schools within Licking Valley Local, works with 523 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, Licking Valley Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Licking Valley Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.1%; Licking Valley Middle School posts 59.9%, -15.2 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Licking County put median household earnings sit near $84,426, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Valley Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Licking Valley Online Learning School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Licking Valley Middle School's enrollment has climbed 12% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 523). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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