Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43201

ZIP code 43201 contains two schools serving 606 students combined: Westwood Preparatory Academy, an alternative school covering grades K–12 with 327 students, and Weinland Park Elementary School, an elementary school covering grades PK–5 with 279 students. The area has one elementary school, one alternative school, and no traditional middle or high school. The two schools come with very different levels of information: Weinland Park has detailed ranking, absenteeism, and test-score data, while Westwood has no test scores or rankings in this file. Spending figures date to 2018–2019, student-teacher ratios to 2024–2025, and Westwood's graduation and absenteeism data to 2017–2018.

Weinland Park Elementary School stands out for low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism. In 2025–2026 it ranked 1461 of 1560 Ohio schools, in the 6th percentile, with 0 stars. Its district, Columbus City Schools District, ranked 683 of 773, in the 12th percentile with 1 star. Every provided Weinland test score in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 fell below both its district and the state. Fifth-grade science and fifth-grade math were lowest at 4.3% proficient, while fourth-grade math and ELA were the relative bright spots at 37.2% — still about 30.1 points below the state in math and 24.6 points below in ELA. Chronic absenteeism was 59.8%, compared with 53.8% for the district.

Westwood Preparatory Academy looks very different but is hard to compare directly. Its supplied graduation rate was 28.6% in 2017–2018, with chronic absenteeism of 16.8% that year. It has a lower student-teacher ratio (10.6 vs. 17.4) and lower per-student spending ($6,675 vs. $11,758) than Weinland Park. Because Westwood has no test or ranking data here, its academic performance cannot be compared with Weinland's, and as an alternative K–12 school it may serve a different student population. Free/reduced lunch percentages are blank for both schools in 2024–2025, so economic disadvantage is unknown, and metrics from different years should be compared cautiously.