Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43112

ZIP code 43112 has five schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade: two elementary, one middle, and two high schools. Four belong to Bloom-Carroll Local — Bloom Carroll Primary School, Bloom Carroll Intermediate School, Bloom-Carroll Middle School, and Bloom-Carroll High School — while Fairfield Career Center belongs to Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools and serves grades 11–12. Total enrollment is 2,817, with 2,294 students in Bloom-Carroll Local. The district ranks 233 of 773, at the 70th percentile with 4 stars. Reporting years vary: test scores are from 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, while spending data is from 2018–2019 and should not be treated as current.

Bloom-Carroll Middle School is the academic standout, ranking 222 of 1,046 (79th percentile, 4 stars) with 4 stars in each of the last three years. Its Algebra I proficiency is 97.3% versus the state's 61.6%, and it exceeds the state in 7th grade math (+23.5 points), 8th grade science (+19.2), 8th grade ELA (+18.5), and 7th grade ELA (+17.4); only 8th grade math (49.1% vs. 52%) falls below state. Bloom-Carroll High School graduates 98.5% and excels in American History (89.6% vs. 73.2%) and English II (78.3% vs. 62.7%), but Geometry (31.4% vs. 43.3%) and Algebra I (58% vs. 61.6%) lag, and its rank fell from 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 3 stars now. Bloom Carroll Intermediate School is strong in 5th grade ELA (87.1% vs. 70.4%) and 4th grade math (82.4% vs. 67.3%), but 3rd grade math fell from 75.6% to 54.3%, below the state's 62.1%.

Across the ZIP, chronic absenteeism climbs with grade level: 8.2% at Bloom Carroll Primary, 9.0% at the Intermediate, 10.6% at the Middle, and 11.7% at the High School — above the 10.1% district average. Spending and student-teacher ratios rise similarly: the high school has the highest spending ($9,873) and ratio (23.5), the Primary the lowest ($7,657 and 19.1). Fairfield Career Center has the lowest ratio at 14.1 but no test scores, ranking, absenteeism, spending, or free/reduced lunch reported here; its blank FRPL is not a zero. Bloom Carroll Primary serves K–2, so it has no state tests, and its rank history from 2006–2009 is too old to reflect current performance.