Best Public Schools in Zip Code 42103

Zip code 42103 has five schools: four elementary schools and one high school, with elementary grades spanning kindergarten through grade 6. In 2025–2026, the three elementary schools with reported test scores averaged above the state in all six reported subjects, by 7 to 16 percentage points. But individual results vary: some school-grade scores were below the state, so the area-wide averages do not describe every school or subject. The most important takeaway is that performance depends on the grade and subject a family is considering.

Cumberland Trace Elementary stands out in math and science: it scored 73% in grade 4 math, 30 points above the state and 24 points above the lowest school, and led grade 4 science at 67%, 27 points above the state. Potter Gray Elementary led reading in grades 3 and 4, with 63% and 70%, respectively; its grade 4 result was 20 points above the state. It also led grade 5 social studies and Editing and Mechanics. Briarwood Elementary School led grade 3 math and grade 5 writing, and tied Cumberland Trace for the grade 6 math lead. The lowest results include Briarwood’s grade 3 reading (45%, 4 points below the state) and Potter Gray’s grade 5 writing (33%, 2 points below).

Recent trends are mixed: the area’s reading advantage over the state widened by about 2 points and its science advantage by about 4, while its math advantage narrowed by about 3 points; the writing advantage narrowed by 13 points as all three schools’ writing scores fell. SchoolDigger’s latest state percentiles are 81 for Cumberland Trace, 75 for Potter Gray and 70 for Briarwood, with four stars for each; their three-year percentile paths were 78–73–81, 81–82–75 and 63–75–70, respectively. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 54% at Cumberland Trace, 70% at Briarwood and 33% at Potter Gray, while student-teacher ratios were 16.4, 13.9 and 18.3. Test scores are not reported for the two Rivendell schools, and Rivendell High’s 29% graduation rate is from 2023–2024, unlike the supplied 2025–2026 state and district figures.