Park Street Intermediate School

Park Street Intermediate School is a grades 4–6 school with 667 students in Grove City, Ohio, a southwest Columbus suburb, and is one of the larger intermediate buildings in the South-Western City district. On 2025–26 state tests, the school beat its district in all five tested areas by 7 to 12 points — grades 5 and 6 math, science and English language arts — and it matched or topped the state average in four of the five. Its average proficiency across those areas is 63.9, compared with 54.4 for the district and 60.9 for Ohio, so the building looks stronger than the district's 2-star, 34th-percentile rating suggests.

Neighboring same-district schools tell a fairly consistent story. Hayes Intermediate School, about half a mile away, posts much higher results — an average of 82.1 — but also has far lower poverty (30.4% free/reduced lunch) and chronic absenteeism (13.8%). Holt Crossing Intermediate School and Franklin Woods Intermediate School, with higher poverty and absence rates, average 48.4 and 39.3; Park Street leads Franklin Woods by 24–25 points in every subject even though the two enroll nearly identical numbers of students (667 vs. 666). Spending and class size don't explain the gaps: Park Street spends the most per student of the group ($8,016 in 2018–19), yet Hayes spends nearly the same and scores far higher.

Two things stand out over time. Sixth-grade math has climbed four straight years, up 15.1 points to 63.9 — now 7.7 points above the state — while sixth-grade ELA gave back 6.9 points in a single year and sits just below the state line. Chronic absenteeism is below the district rate in all five years on record and, at 25.8%, is the lowest of the district's three high-poverty intermediates, though it has edged up for two years after a steep pandemic-era recovery. Overall, Park Street is a steady, above-district, roughly state-average school; its attendance is a relative strength, and sixth-grade reading is the area to watch.