Summary:
ZIP code 43074 covers Sunbury, Ohio, and all six schools here belong to Big Walnut Local: three elementary schools serving K–3, two middle-level schools (one grades 4–6 and one grades 5–8), and one high school serving grades 9–12. Total enrollment across the schools is 3,878 — 1,299 at the high school, 1,636 at the middle level, and 943 in the elementaries. Because the middle-level grade spans overlap, enrollment figures are school-level counts rather than a de-duplicated district total.
Big Walnut Middle School is the academic anchor, ranking in the top 10% of Ohio middle schools (90th percentile, 4 stars) and posting 98.6% proficiency in Algebra I — the highest test figure in the ZIP. General Rosecrans Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.5% and the highest 3rd-grade math at 87.2%, while Prairie Run Elementary also performs well above district and state averages in 3rd-grade math and ELA, despite having the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 21.88%. Big Walnut Intermediate School is solid across all subjects, with absenteeism of 8.1%.
The main watch points sit at the high school. Big Walnut High School has a 98.2% graduation rate and an improving rank (79th percentile, 4 stars), but the highest absenteeism in the ZIP at 18.4%, above the district's 12.1%, and its Algebra I score of 61.5% trails the district average of 77.4%. At the elementary level, Big Walnut Elementary School has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 13.22% yet the weakest 3rd-grade math at 68.3% — above the state's 62.1% but below the district's 76.3%. Overall, the district performs above state averages in nearly every reported test.
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