Pataskala Elementary School

Pataskala Elementary School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Pataskala, Ohio, overseen by Southwest Licking Local. Current enrollment sits at 457 students spanning grades K through 3.

Southwest Licking Local runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,039 students. Pataskala Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pataskala Elementary School reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 18% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Licking County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pataskala Elementary School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pataskala Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.7%, the actual is 67.4%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Licking County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,426, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Licking County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), Pataskala Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Etna Elementary, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pataskala Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 73.2%.

Pataskala Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 64% across the same window.

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