Southwest Licking Early Learning Center

Southwest Licking Early Learning Center is a small elementary school for students in Etna, Ohio. It educates 168 students in pre-K. The typical figure for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students.

Southwest Licking Local enrolls 5,039 students in 8 schools, including Southwest Licking Early Learning Center.

At 58%, White students outnumber all other groups at Southwest Licking Early Learning Center combined. Other students are 24% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Licking County residents are about 86% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Southwest Licking Early Learning Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.

Southwest Licking Early Learning Center counts 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.0 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1.

Federal survey data for Licking County show that median household income is about $84,426, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 63 public schools operate in Licking County, serving about 29,815 students.

The school nearest to Southwest Licking Early Learning Center is Watkins Memorial High School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

Southwest Licking Early Learning Center reported 95 students in 2020-21 and 168 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 24.0:1, from 19.0:1.

If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Southwest Licking Early Learning Center, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.