Schools in Zip Code 47201

ZIP code 47201 in Columbus, Indiana contains 13 schools — eight elementary, two middle and three high schools — with a combined enrollment of 9,921 students, ranging from 49 students at Excel Center - Bartholomew County to 2,360 at Columbus North High School. Twelve of the 13 belong to Bartholomew Con School Corp, ranked 162 of 374 districts (57th percentile) with 3 stars; Excel Center - Bartholomew County is its own district with a very different profile.

The strongest overall school is CSA Lincoln Campus, which holds 5 stars in each of the last three years, ranks 50 of 1,015 (95th percentile), and leads elementary ELA at 74.4% and math at 74.88% proficient. Southside Elementary School (4 stars, 105 of 1,015) has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 20.99% and leads elementary science at 61.09%, while Rockcreek Elementary School pairs the lowest chronic absenteeism in the data set (5.8%) with strong math (66.67%). At the high school level, Columbus North High School outperforms Columbus East High School on SAT scores (59.13% vs 46.43% EBRW), though East has the higher graduation rate (92.9% vs 91.2%) and the highest absenteeism (26.6%) and spending ($13,435) in the list.

CSA Fodrea Campus is the most improved, climbing from the 36th to the 60th percentile and from 2 to 3 stars, and Central Middle School rose from 3 to 4 stars. Mount Healthy Elementary School and Lillian Schmitt Elementary School are the clearest concerns, with low proficiency and, for Lillian Schmitt, 20.4% chronic absenteeism. Lower absenteeism and lower poverty tend to accompany higher achievement, but spending and student-teacher ratio do not consistently predict results. School-level test scores for Excel Center - Bartholomew County are suppressed in the data and should be considered unknown.