Summary:
ZIP code 43004 contains three schools enrolling about 1,803 students total: two elementary schools — one serving grades K–5 and one serving K–4 — and one K–12 alternative school, with no traditional public middle or high school listed in the area.
The two elementary schools have different strengths. Blacklick Elementary School posts the highest absolute scores, including 5th grade ELA at 82.3% proficient and 5th grade science at 79.6%, and its chronic absenteeism of 5.8% is far below Gahanna-Jefferson City's 17.3%. Its clear weak spot is 3rd grade math at 50%. Everest Elementary School is the improvement story, rising from the 43rd percentile with 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 62nd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, and scoring above the state in all four of its reported tests even though 54.4% of its students are economically disadvantaged, more than double Blacklick's 25.14%. Both schools keep absenteeism well below their district averages (Everest at 6.9% versus Licking Heights Local's 14.4%).
Zenith Academy, the K–12 alternative school, is a sharp contrast. It reports a solid 82.3% graduation rate and the lowest chronic absenteeism here at 4.9%, but its proficiency is far below the state in every reported area, with 5th grade math at just 9.7%. As an alternative school under Zenith Academy, its results may not be directly comparable to the elementary schools. Per-student spending also varies widely — $9,954 at Blacklick versus $7,318 at Everest — but that data is from 2018–2019 and should be treated cautiously.
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