Summary:
Zip code 42234 has one school, South Todd Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 511 students. In 2025–2026, its chronic absenteeism rate was 11%, below the district’s 21% and the state’s 24%. The clearest overall finding is that South Todd scored above the state in 8 of 10 reported grade-and-subject comparisons.
South Todd’s strongest result relative to the state was grade 5 writing: 54% proficient, 19 points above the state’s 35%. Its most notable weakness was grade 3 reading, at 40% compared with 49% statewide, a 9-point gap. Mathematics averaged 45% across grades 3–5, 2 points above the state average; reading averaged 49%, 1 point below. Because this is the only school in the ZIP code, there is no meaningful local top-versus-bottom school comparison.
SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved over the three years shown, rising from the 29th percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024 to the 60th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026; its rank moved from 485th of 685 schools to 272nd of 684. Results also improved relative to the state across the 10 matched comparisons: the school’s average gap shifted from 1 point below the state in 2024–2025 to 4 points above in 2025–2026, though grade 3 reading fell from 1 point above to 9 points below. The student–teacher ratio was 15.3 in 2024–2025, and 63% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These are useful context, not explanations for results. With only one school listed, families cannot compare schools within the ZIP code.
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