Licking Today

Newark High School had the highest enrollment among Licking County schools, welcoming 1,361 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.2% of them were boys, and 49.8% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 82.7% of Newark High School's total enrollment.

Among the 52 schools in Licking County, Licking Heights High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,345 students, while Watkins Memorial High School welcomed 1,257 students to be ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Newark High School is part of Newark City, which generally encompasses schools within Licking County, with its main office in Newark.

In the previous school year, Newark High School still had the highest number of students among Licking County schools.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. This marks an improvement for the state, especially compared to 2016, when the ratio reached its decade-high at 16.1 students per teacher.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
Newark High School	Newark	1,361
Licking Heights High School	Pataskala	1,345
Watkins Memorial High School	Pataskala	1,257
Watkins Middle School	Pataskala	1,058
Licking Valley Elementary School	Newark	975
Licking Heights Central Intermediate School	Pataskala	811
Granville High School	Granville	785
South Elementary School	Pataskala	780
Granville Elementary School	Granville	724
Watkins Intermediate School	Pataskala	709
Licking Heights Middle School	Pataskala	685
Slate Ridge Elementary School	Reynoldsburg	606
Granville Intermediate School	Granville	588
Northridge Elementary School	Johnstown	556
Licking Valley High School	Newark	536
Johnstown Elementary School	Johnstown	513
Etna Elementary School	Etna	507
Licking Valley Middle School	Newark	498
Legend Elementary School	Newark	494
Hillview Elementary School	Newark	480
Kirkersville Elementary School	Kirkersville	477
Pataskala Elementary School	Pataskala	477
Heath High School	Heath	476
Johnstown High School	Johnstown	470
Liberty Middle School	Newark	463
Lakewood High School	Hebron	453
McGuffey Elementary School	Newark	447
Summit Road Elementary School	Reynoldsburg	444
Granville Middle School	Granville	435
Jackson Intermediate School	Hebron	424
John Clem Elementary School	Newark	415
Utica High School	Utica	413
Cherry Valley Elementary School	Newark	409
Stevenson Elementary School	Heath	402
Heritage Middle School	Newark	397
Licking Heights North Elementary School	Pataskala	392
Carson Elementary School	Newark	387
Johnstown Middle School	Johnstown	386
Garfield Elementary School	Heath	381
Hebron Elementary School	Hebron	381
Heath Middle School	Heath	373
Lakewood Middle School	Hebron	372
Utica Elementary School	Utica	370
Newton Elementary School	Newark	360
Wilson Middle School	Newark	354
Taylor Road Elementary School	Reynoldsburg	354
Utica Middle School	Utica	339
Northridge High School	Johnstown	316
Newark Digital Academy	Newark	279
Northridge Middle School	Johnstown	271
Ben Franklin Elementary School	Newark	266
Par Excellence Academy	Newark	183