Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43147

ZIP code 43147 is served by 14 schools — 6 elementary, 5 middle, and 3 high schools — all in the Pickerington Local district, enrolling 10,837 students in grades K–12 in Pickerington, Ohio. District-wide, Pickerington Local ranks 249 of 773 (68th percentile, 3 stars), but that single rating hides large school-to-school differences. The biggest campuses are Pickerington High School North (1,761 students) and Pickerington High School Central (1,711); the smallest is Pickerington Academy at 87. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, so socioeconomic context is unknown, and spending figures are from 2018–2019.

The strongest results cluster at the elementary and middle levels. Toll Gate Elementary is the top-ranked school in the ZIP at 131 of 1,560 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) with 7.0% chronic absenteeism, far below the district's 18.3%. Sycamore Creek Elementary follows at 87th percentile, 4 stars, and the lowest regular-school student–teacher ratio (15.8), while Pickerington Elementary is the most improved, climbing from the 55th to the 73rd percentile. Pickerington Lakeview Junior High is the top-ranked middle school (82nd percentile, 4 stars) and improving, and Toll Gate Middle posts very strong scores despite having no rank history. Among high schools, North reaches the 75th percentile with a 97.7% graduation rate and beats the district in 5 of 6 End-of-Course subjects.

The main concerns are the high schools and one outlier. Central has fallen to the 42nd percentile, 2 stars, and sits below the district in all six 2025–2026 End-of-Course subjects — its average is about 11 points under North's. Chronic absenteeism is roughly 34% at both North and Central, about double the district rate, and 75.6% at Academy, which also reports 82.1% graduation, a 41.4 student–teacher ratio, and a single reported score of 40.0 in American Government. Spending does not map simply to outcomes: Heritage Elementary has the highest reported spending ($12,305) with middling results, while Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High has the lowest ($7,357) yet reports 100% in Geometry and Algebra I End-of-Course.