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Southwest Licking Local School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Southwest Licking Local School District runs 8 public schools with 5,039 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.8 students per teacher is 2.5 higher than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Southwest Licking Local".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 5,039
- Teachers (FTE)
- 254
- Students per teacher
- 19.8
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 927-A South Street, Pataskala, OH 43062
- Phone
- (740)927-3941
- County
- Licking County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904804
- State district ID
- OH-048041
- Total staff (FTE)
- 642
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 504 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.8
Ohio17.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,488), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $74.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.9 million
- State revenue
- $33.3 million
- Local revenue
- $37.6 million
- Total spending
- $90.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,189
- Salaries
- $27.3 million30.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $83.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.2%
- State: 44.5%
- Local: 50.3%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,189
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Southwest Licking Local School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Etna Elementary | Elementary | K to 3 | 511 | 16.5 |
| Kirkersville Elementary School | Elementary | K to 3 | 483 | 17.2 |
| Pataskala Elementary School | Elementary | K to 3 | 457 | 16.9 |
| Southwest Licking Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 168 | 24.0 |
| SWL Digital Academy | High | 7 to 12 | 75 | |
| Watkins Intermediate School | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 801 | 21.1 |
| Watkins Memorial High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,397 | 22.2 |
| Watkins Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,147 | 19.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Licking County
- Newark City School District 5,789 students
- Licking Heights Local School District 5,232 students
- Granville Exempted Village School District 2,517 students
- Licking Valley Local School District 2,035 students
- Johnstown-Monroe Local School District 1,656 students
- Lakewood Local School District 1,645 students
- Heath City School District 1,560 students
- North Fork Local School District 1,454 students
- Northridge Local School District 1,167 students
- Career and Technology Educational Centers 789 students
- Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy 187 students
- Licking Regional Educational Service Center 0 students
More in Ohio
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.