Best Public Schools in Zip Code 42086

ZIP code 42086 has three schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Heath Elementary School (PK–5), Heath Middle School (grades 6–8), and McCracken Open Campus School (K–12 alternative). The two Heath schools enroll 498 and 433 students, while Open Campus enrolls 72. In 2025–26, Heath Elementary and Heath Middle were above state results on every reported test measure; the most important distinction is that Open Campus’s latest school test results are unavailable, so its recent achievement cannot be compared.

Heath Elementary stands out for especially strong science and writing: its average results were 68% in science and 66% in writing, respectively 28 and 31 percentage points above the state. Its highest individual result was grade-3 reading at 75%, 26 points above the state. Heath Middle also exceeded the state across reported subjects, with average advantages of 13 points in math, 14 in reading, and 23 in editing and mechanics. The weakest reported result at either Heath school was elementary grade-5 social studies: 38%, equal to the state and 1 point below the district. Open Campus cannot be ranked on 2025–26 test results because its school results were suppressed; its reported 2024–25 grade-11 editing and mechanics result was 10%, versus 41% statewide.

Overall, the Heath schools’ state-relative results were nearly unchanged from 2024–25 to 2025–26, averaging 19 percentage points above the state in both years, though subject trends differed: science and writing gaps widened, while social studies and editing-and-mechanics gaps narrowed. SchoolDigger ranks Heath Elementary 67th of 684 schools (90th percentile, five stars) and Heath Middle 44th of 326 (87th percentile, four stars) in 2025–26. Their 2024–25 student–teacher ratios were 13.8 and 18.2, and free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 52% and 50%; Open Campus had a 36.0 ratio and 79% eligible. Attendance also differs: 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 14% at Heath Elementary, 18% at Heath Middle, and 41% at Open Campus.