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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LICKING HEIGHTS LOCAL·NCES 390480003076
Broad Peak Elementary
6623 Summit Rd SW, Pataskala, OH 43062 · (740) 964-1674 · Licking County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
301 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (98).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Broad Peak Elementary→Summit Station Intermediate→Licking Heights Middle School→Licking Heights High School
Based on grade levels within Licking Heights Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
62.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 69.8% |
| 2022-23 | 59.6% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 59.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 →
Schools most like Broad Peak Elementary
Broad Peak Elementary's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Peak Elementary this school | 550 | 54.7% | 65.8% |
| Waggoner Road Elementary Reynoldsburg | 691 | 67.3% | 48.9% |
| Lima Ridge Elementary Pataskala | 745 | 52.6% | 71.8% |
| Everest Elementary School Blacklick | 682 | 54.4% | 65.4% |
| Summit Road Elementary Reynoldsburg | 405 | 66.9% | 62.0% |
| Fairfield North Elementary School Hamilton | 629 | 48.2% | 79.1% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Broad Peak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #527 of 673 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #877 of 1,569 ▼ 255 | #17 of 26 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #906 of 1,569 ▼ 250 | #20 of 26 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #967 of 1,514 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #354 of 1,808 | #6 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #969 of 1,582 | #23 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #10 of 1,590 | #1 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #188 of 767 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #53 of 992 | #2 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
550
-179 (-25%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 55% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 67% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 38 | 20.4:1 | 52% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 42 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 40 | 21.2:1 | 46% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 36 | 20.6:1 | 39% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 36% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 17 | 19.4:1 | 19% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Broad Peak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (848 to 550); teachers down 25% (40 to 30).
About Broad Peak Elementary
Broad Peak Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Pataskala, Ohio. It reported 550 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Ohio have about 404 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
The 7 schools in Licking Heights Local enroll 5,232 students altogether, Broad Peak Elementary among them.
Asian students make up 30% of enrollment at Broad Peak Elementary, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 27% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Licking County overall, about 4% of residents are Asian. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Broad Peak Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, Broad Peak Elementary has a ratio of 18.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Licking County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
Broad Peak Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.8% is 2.4 points below the 68.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Licking County, where median household income comes to about $84,426, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Licking County counts 63 public schools with about 29,815 students.
Measured in a straight line, Summit Station Intermediate is about 0.1 miles from Broad Peak Elementary. The five-mile area around Broad Peak Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Broad Peak Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Broad Peak Elementary as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 729 students in 2020-21 to 550 in 2024-25.
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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 Licking Heights Local
- Licking Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Summit Station IntermediateMiddle · 836 students
- Licking Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Lima Ridge ElementaryElementary · 745 students
- Everest Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
- Pathfinders PreschoolElementary · 171 students
Other schools in Pataskala
- Licking Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Watkins Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,397 students
- Summit Station IntermediateMiddle · 836 students
- Licking Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Watkins Intermediate SchoolElementary · 801 students
- Lima Ridge ElementaryElementary · 745 students
Nearby schools
- Summit Station Intermediate0.1 mi · 836
- Pathfinders Preschool0.2 mi · 171
- Summit Road Elementary1.7 mi · 405
- Taylor Road Elementary School1.9 mi · 419
- Waggoner Road Junior High2.0 mi · 924
- Everest Elementary School2.1 mi · 682
Frequently asked questions
About Broad Peak ElementaryHow large is Broad Peak Elementary?
Broad Peak Elementary enrolls approximately 550 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Broad Peak Elementary serve?
Broad Peak Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Broad Peak Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Broad Peak Elementary is approximately 18.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Broad Peak Elementary?
At Broad Peak Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 8% Hispanic, 28% Black, 30% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Broad Peak Elementary in?
Broad Peak Elementary is part of Licking Heights Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.