Summary:
ZIP code 43206 has four schools — three elementary schools serving grades PK–6 or K–8 and one school serving grades 7–12 — together enrolling 1,835 students in Columbus City Schools District plus one independent charter district, and all four are rated 1 star.
Comparing them directly, Stewart Alternative Elementary School is the strongest overall: it has the highest rank percentile (27th), the lowest chronic absenteeism (38.1%), the highest average proficiency (about 43.2%), and standout 3rd grade results — 82.1% in math and 69.2% in English language arts. Siebert Elementary School is close behind in early math, with 3rd grade math at 69.6% (above the district's 35.0% and the state's 62.1%), and absenteeism of 40.7%. Both elementary schools keep absenteeism below the district average of 53.8%. South High School is much larger (873 students) and improved its average proficiency from roughly 20.0% to 27.6%, with big gains in Geometry, American History, English II, and Biology, and an 80.1% graduation rate close to the district's 81.5% — but its chronic absenteeism is 79.1%, and every reported test score stayed below the state average. South Columbus Preparatory Academy at German Village is the most uneven, with the ZIP's highest single ELA score (7th grade, 71.4%) alongside very low results in 8th grade math (9.1%) and 3rd grade math (14.7%), plus 66.9% chronic absenteeism.
Overall, only 4 of 43 reported tests beat the state average, and science and middle-grade math are the weakest areas across the ZIP. Free/reduced-lunch data are missing for all four schools, so economic context is unknown rather than zero, and spending figures are from 2018–19 and shouldn't be read as current.
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