Licking Valley Driving School

Fantastic experience: i had debbie and she was amazing! she was so helpful and patient, she didnt get upset once during the 3 days i had, she was understanding and let me talk. i totally recommend debbie to anyone who will be driving at licking valley driving school!

Fantastic experience: I went through Newark for my in cars and I had Debbie. From her knowledge and being very helpful I learned so much! I could not have asked for a better driver instructor than her. She is very understanding and helped me feel very comfortable while driving. For anyone looking to do their in cars through Licking Valley Driving School, I highly recommend Debbie!

Fantastic experience: My son and I are very pleased with LVDS! Second child so I do have experience with another. We chose to do in cars out of Pataskala. Jeff and Holly were both amazing! They made my son feel comfortable and provided great feedback with every drive! The office staff were very kind as well as I had to adjust the schedule a couple times but they never got frustrated with us! I highly recommend this company! Special Thank you to Jeff as he especially made my son’s experience a joy!

Negative experience: I currently go here and I’ve had nothing but problems with their website heard very good thing about in person but if you plan doing online I wouldn’t recommend licking valley .

Fantastic experience: Abbie and the whole crew went the extra mile for our son. Thank you for everything!!! Get ready for another Ray boy in 7 years.

Fantastic experience: I had Mike as my instructor, he was great very patient and really great to talk to he made my experience very good and gave me good pointers

Fantastic experience: Mike was sooo great!! so kinda i’d give him 10 stars!!

Negative experience: Careful they like to run people off the road instead of moving over for someone on a bicycle

Fantastic experience: I had Mike and he was a great driver instructor! 10/10

Fantastic experience: I had Debbie , she was awesome, and made it super comfortable , Definitely the place to go !!!

Fantastic experience: I had Debbie as an instructor and she made it a very enjoyable and painless experience for me. I had several scheduling challenges but she was very understanding and helped us out tremendously to get drives in regardless. I had a lot of doubts going into the program but she made the drives fun and helpful, also provided me a lot of insight on how I could improve. I really enjoyed talking with her and she was as kind and friendly as can be. Definitely a positive experience over all, I couldn’t have asked for a better instructor!

Fantastic experience: The office Staff was very professional and curtius. My daughter got in very quick for her class and her driving instruction with Amanda she was patient and kind . My daughter loved driving with her she gave me feed back as she did her drives as well .I definitely will use the driving school for my son too! They get a 5 Star rating from me.

Fantastic experience: When the new owners took over, this school went from terrible to great! When looking at reviews, if they are more than a year old, that is from old owners! Very professional, helpful and as quick as they can be. If there are any problems, they solve them to the best of their ability to make sure you're happy! Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Debbie was one of the sweetest women I’ve ever met, she’s so easy to talk to and when she gives instructions/critiques she does it in such a polite manner. 10/10

Fantastic experience: Debbie was really good 10000/10 really nice. Fun helps you out with so much. She was really. Nice. Only thing I didn’t like was she had the heat on and I was sweating

Fantastic experience: i had debbie as my instructor! out of all the other three i had , debbie was the absolute best!!! she was so chill an easygoing, definitely made me feel more comfortable about driving. we talked the whole car ride and it was so enjoyable!!!!

Fantastic experience: George... The five stars is for George. Bless his soul.

Fantastic experience: Rick was a great instructor! I easily passed my drivers test thanks to this school!

Fantastic experience: Great experience, My son had 3 different instructors because they worked us in. He enjoyed all 3 and they were all great!

Fantastic experience: Rick Jones was my son's driving instructor. He was great. He communicated with us very well on everything. My son really liked him. If he had questions, Rick was very good at explaining the info. He was very laid-back, but very professional, and I think that's why my son was so receptive to him. I only talked to the office staff once, but they were very pleasant and professional also.

Fantastic experience: George was our driving instructor. He was very easy to work with! He did a great job teaching my son. He made this a positive experience!

Fantastic experience: I only had Rick at Newark for two days and I learned more in two days then four months

Fantastic experience: Rick was my instructor, he did a great job on communicating what I needed to do and how to do things. He understands if you’re having trouble doing something, not a pushy guy, he wants things done when you are comfortable and ready. He’s open to questions and is willing to help guide you through them.

Fantastic experience: Rick Jones was a good instructor. Explained things well and made the experience feel like more of a one on one, instead of them rushing through to get the next student done. I recommend Rick Jones as an instructor.

Fantastic experience: Kim was a great teacher in class and she was very thorough. Rick was an awesome in car instructor and he made sure that the drives were never boring. Overall the driving school staff cares more about you being prepared to drive and being safe than they do about teaching only the requirements.

Fantastic experience: The Kim made the class room as much fun as she possibly could while still teaching us everything we need to know. My in car driving instructor Rick Jones was amazing. He is honest and doesn’t sugarcoat a thing. If you aren’t doing so good he will tell you. But he’s also quick to help out when you ask how to do something and more than willing to explain anything more than once. He is one of the best people I have ever met.

Fantastic experience: My daughter took class her. She loved her teacher (Kim). Waiting now to get drives scheduled. She is very excited!

Negative experience: They should be ashamed in calling themselves a driving school. My adult daughter took two courses. Second was even worst than first. Had Rick both times and she said he is just plain rude. He had the audacity to have her stop at a store so he could get a coffee and doughnut. Her friends told her that this a common practice with him. It should be done on his own time not on my dime. It was windy the second time and it kept blowing cones over. He wasn't even aware of this till my daughter pointed it out since he wasn't looking up. He then just made her skip that section since he was too lazy to fix the cones. My daughter will require remedial training. We are looking for another school because there has to be better options. Will be also letting the BMV made aware of the unprofessional school.

Fantastic experience: I had Rick as an instructor, and many of my peers have as well. I never once had any problems with Rick. Rick always kept his cool and loves all of his students as if they are his own child. Many students at my school have held Rick to a very high standard and bragged about how great of an instructor he is, i have learned first hand that this is 100% true. I now can also recommend Rick to all of my friends. On every single drive, Rick would kindly correct each of my mistakes and tell me the right way to do it next time. He has made me a better driver and i will forever be grateful for that. 10/10 instructor, I highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: My instructor was Rick. He was a great instructor and had a good balance of making me laugh while still teaching me so much about driving. I feel so prepared for my drivers test thanks to Rick!

Negative experience: Drove 40 minutes and it was closed. Sign says opens at 10:30 waited a half hour. Tried to call and not even a answering machine. What a joke of a business!!

Negative experience: Sign says open at 1030 they won’t show up until 12-1pm

Negative experience: I had Rick as an instructor. He expressed offensive political views to me. Some were that homeless people were con artists just trying to make more money. He also looked at his phone A LOT. I did not think this was acceptable. The only reason I am giving two stars is because they contacted me as soon as there was an opening so I could move up my in-cars. This was nice but the cons outweigh that one pro.

Fantastic experience: Very polite and helpful !!