Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43064

ZIP code 43064 covers Plain City, Ohio, and contains seven schools serving grades PK–12 — two elementary, three middle, and two high schools — with 4,176 students enrolled across three districts: Dublin City (Abraham Depp Elementary and Eversole Run Middle, 1,739 students), Jonathan Alder Local (Jonathan Alder High, Plain City Elementary, Jonathan Alder Junior High, and Canaan Middle, 2,169 students), and Tolles Career & Technical Center (268 students).

The strongest schools in the area are the Dublin City campuses. Eversole Run Middle School ranks 49th of 1,046 middle schools — the 95th percentile with 5 stars — with a 100% Geometry score and every listed test above district and state averages. Abraham Depp Elementary is similarly strong at the 91st percentile, 5 stars, with low absenteeism. Among the Jonathan Alder schools, Jonathan Alder Junior High stands out at the 88th percentile with 100% Geometry and Algebra I results, and Jonathan Alder High School has improved to the 85th percentile with a 98.7% graduation rate.

Two differences matter most for families. First, poverty levels diverge sharply: free/reduced lunch is about 3.7%–4.1% at the Dublin schools, 21%–34% at Jonathan Alder schools, and 98.88% at Tolles Career & Technical Center, which has no rank or test data and is not comparable academically. Second, absenteeism splits by level: Canaan Middle School (7.7%) and Plain City Elementary School (9.0%) are low, but the Jonathan Alder secondary schools are high at 17.4% and 18.6%. Plain City Elementary also slipped from the 82nd to the 74th percentile, while its 4th-grade math and ELA scores declined year over year.