Licking Today

There were 2,237 kindergarten students enrolled in Licking County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Licking Heights North Elementary School welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 370 students.

Within Licking County schools, the highest student count was found in fifth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Licking County ranked 13th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 27,545 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 13th the year before.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Licking Heights North Elementary School	370	100	370
Licking Valley Elementary School	143	15	954
Kirkersville Elementary School	128	26.7	480
Johnstown Elementary School	121	24	504
Etna Elementary School	117	23	509
Garfield Elementary School	117	32.8	357
Granville Elementary School	110	16.6	664
Hebron Elementary School	109	25.8	423
Pataskala Elementary School	98	21.3	460
Slate Ridge Elementary School	93	15.4	602
Legend Elementary School	86	17.6	490
Northridge Elementary School	80	14	570
McGuffey Elementary School	77	17.5	441
Carson Elementary School	72	18.2	395
Cherry Valley Elementary School	69	17.8	388
Taylor Road Elementary School	67	14.8	454
Hillview Elementary School	67	13.8	486
Summit Road Elementary School	66	16.5	401
John Clem Elementary School	64	16.3	392
Utica Elementary School	59	16.4	360
Ben Franklin Elementary School	51	18.6	274
Newton Elementary School	47	13.2	355
Par Excellence Academy	26	14.4	181
Newark High School	0	0	1,340
Wilson Middle School	0	0	355
Newark Digital Academy	0	0	165
Granville High School	0	0	776
Liberty Middle School	0	0	429
Granville Middle School	0	0	429
Heritage Middle School	0	0	390
Granville Intermediate School	0	0	596
Johnstown Middle School	0	0	403
Johnstown High School	0	0	449
Lakewood High School	0	0	432
Lakewood Middle School	0	0	377
Jackson Intermediate School	0	0	391
Licking Heights Central Intermediate School	0	0	833
Licking Heights High School	0	0	1,368
South Elementary School	0	0	774
Licking Heights Middle School	0	0	752
Licking Valley Middle School	0	0	484
Licking Valley High School	0	0	562
Utica High School	0	0	407
Utica Middle School	0	0	320
Northridge High School	0	0	305
Northridge Middle School	0	0	273
Watkins Intermediate School	0	0	770
Watkins Memorial High School	0	0	1,288
Watkins Middle School	0	0	1,071
Heath Middle School	0	0	371
Heath High School	0	0	471
Stevenson Elementary School	0	0	388