Summary:
ZIP code 43205 contains 8 schools serving about 1,898 students, spanning elementary, middle, high school and alternative grades. Six of the eight are part of Columbus City Schools District, while A+ Arts Academy and Capital Collegiate Preparatory Academy are independent charters. Enrollment ranges from 145 at Capital Collegiate Preparatory Academy to 431 at East High School, the area's only traditional high school. The rest are five elementaries — Livingston Elementary School, A+ Arts Academy, Fairwood Alternative Elementary School, Ohio Avenue Elementary School and Capital Collegiate — plus one middle school and one alternative special-education campus.
The academic standout is Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls, the only 2-star school in the ZIP code and the highest ranked at the 34th percentile. Its 8th grade results lead the area — 49.1% proficient in math and 55.2% in ELA — and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism among general education schools at 51.0%. East High School improved in all six End-of-Course subjects from 2024-25 to 2025-26 and beats the district in Government, American History, Biology and Geometry, though its graduation rate is 71.7% versus the district's 81.5%. Fairwood Alternative Elementary School posts 4th grade ELA and math results above the district and has climbed in rank.
Chronic absenteeism is a widespread problem: six of eight schools sit at or above the district rate of 53.8%, with East High School (85.8%) and A+ Arts Academy (84.4%) the highest. No school reached the state average in any reported 2025-26 test, though Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls came closest. The two charters, A+ Arts Academy and Capital Collegiate Preparatory Academy, rank in the lowest percentiles with 0 stars. A+ Arts Academy has the lowest reported spending ($5,700 in 2018-19) and the smallest student-teacher ratio (8.8) yet the weakest results. Note also that Special Education Center serves a specialized alternative population, so its 0.9% absenteeism should not be compared with general education schools; free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for every school.
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