Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43213

ZIP code 43213, covering Whitehall and east Columbus, has nine public schools serving about 5,144 students in grades pre-K through 12, divided between Whitehall City (five schools, 3,472 students) and Columbus City Schools District (four schools, 1,672 students). Whitehall City runs a complete K–12 pipeline — Kae Avenue Elementary School (PK–1), Beechwood Elementary School and Etna Road Elementary School (2–5), Rosemore Middle School (6–8), and Whitehall Yearling High School (9–12) — while Columbus City's four schools here are grade-fragmented, with no guarantee that its elementary students feed into its middle or high school.

Among high schools, Whitehall Yearling High School is the stronger performer, beating Eastmoor Academy in all six End-of-Course subjects and posting the only score in the ZIP above the state figure (74.1% in American Government versus 71.6% statewide). Eastmoor Academy has the best graduation rate in the area at 98.6%, but also the highest chronic absenteeism (67.4%) and the lowest proficiency composite (30.6%), with Geometry at 7.7% against 43.3% statewide. Among elementary schools, Etna Road Elementary School leads with the lowest absenteeism (20.8%) and a 42.9% proficiency composite, while Olde Orchard Alt Elementary School is Columbus City's bright spot at 60.9% in 5th-grade ELA. Fairmoor Elementary School is the weakest, with 5th-grade science at 5.4% against 62.7% statewide.

Across the ZIP, every school scores below its comparable state average, absenteeism spans 20.8% to 67.4%, and Geometry is the region's deepest weakness. Spending runs opposite to results: Columbus City schools spend roughly 54% more per student than Whitehall City schools, though the spending data is from 2018-2019 and poverty data is missing for every school. Encouragingly, the lowest performers are improving fastest — Fairmoor Elementary School gained in six of seven subjects and Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys gained in six of seven, including +21.3 points in Math 6 — while Rosemore Middle School declined in five of seven. Rosemore's reported 100% Algebra I and Geometry proficiency reflects tiny test-taking cohorts, not whole-school performance.