Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH FORK LOCAL·NCES 390480203085
Newton Elementary School
6645 Mount Vernon Rd, Newark, OH 43055 · (740) 745-5982 · Licking County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
162 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.3pp since 2021
Math
51.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -10.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
347
-25 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.2:1
% White
94%
was 97%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Newton Elementary School
As a moderately sized primary school in Newark, Ohio, Newton Elementary School teaches 347 students from grades K through 5, run under North Fork Local.
Across the 5 schools in North Fork Local (1,459 students total), Newton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Newton Elementary School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Newton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Newton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.2%, the actual is 63.2%, a residual of -8.0 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Licking County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,426 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Newton Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Hillview Elementary School, roughly 3.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
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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 North Fork Local
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 400 students
- Utica Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Utica Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- North Fork Online AcademyHigh · 5 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 High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Licking Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Legend ElementaryElementary · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Hillview Elementary School3.2 mi · 407
- Career and Technology Educational Centers3.5 mi · 789
- Legend Elementary5.0 mi · 475
- Liberty Middle School5.1 mi · 456
- John Clem Elementary School5.5 mi · 386
- Newark High School5.9 mi · 1,369
Frequently asked questions
About Newton Elementary SchoolHow large is Newton Elementary School?
Newton Elementary School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Newton Elementary School serve?
Newton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Newton Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Newton Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Newton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Newton Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Newton Elementary School in?
Newton Elementary School is part of North Fork Local.
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