Summary:
ZIP code 43080 covers the village of Utica in Licking County, Ohio, where one district — North Fork Local — serves roughly 1,107 students across three schools: Utica Elementary School (K–5, 358 students), Utica Middle School (6–8, 349 students), and Utica High School (9–12, 400 students).
Utica Middle School is the academic standout: 3 stars, 59th percentile, and above the state average on five of eight tested subjects, including Math 7, Math 8, ELA 6, and ELA 7. Utica High School is a school of extremes — a strong 92.2% graduation rate and Government results 10.6 points above the state, but Geometry at 20.2% proficient versus 43.3% statewide and Algebra I at 41.9% versus 61.6%, a pattern repeated across two years. Utica Elementary School has slid from the 64th to the 39th percentile in three years, dropping from 3 stars to 2, almost entirely on a 5th grade slump (math fell from 64.6% to 39.7%, science from 81.3% to 58.7%). Encouragingly, its 4th graders improved, with ELA above the state average.
Absenteeism tells a similar story: the elementary posts 11.8% chronic absenteeism versus 21.9% at the middle school and 21.2% at the high school. The district overall is rated 492nd of 773 (36th percentile, 2 stars), but that single label hides a wide spread among its three schools. Two cautions for parents: per-student spending figures date to 2018-19 and predate every other measure, and the free/reduced-lunch numbers (92.55% at the middle school versus 53.35% at the elementary) likely reflect differing reporting methods rather than a real demographic shift. Grade-level results here rest on small groups of students, so single-year swings should be treated as signals to investigate rather than verdicts.
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