Summary:
Zip code 43221 is home to seven schools — four elementary, one middle, and two high schools — serving roughly 4,959 students across two very different districts: high-performing Upper Arlington City (6 schools) and Columbus City Schools District (1 school), in a suburban Columbus, Ohio area. Upper Arlington City ranks 54th of 773 districts in Ohio (93rd percentile, 5 stars), while Columbus City Schools ranks 683rd (12th percentile, 1 star), and that split explains most of the variation in outcomes within this zip code.
Among the Upper Arlington schools, Barrington Road Elementary School is the clear standout: 96th percentile, 5 stars, chronic absenteeism of just 2.8%, and free/reduced lunch at 2.5%, with 3rd-grade math at 91% and 3rd-grade English language arts at 93.3%. Upper Arlington High School (1,908 students) ranks in the 94th percentile with a 98.1% graduation rate and very strong results in American Government (95.2%) and American History (96.7%), though Algebra I (72%) and Geometry (79.5%) fall below the district averages and chronic absenteeism is 17.4%. Jones Middle School (88th percentile) posts 8th-grade science at 90.9% and near-perfect advanced math, but 8th-grade math is only 50.7%. Tremont Elementary School (89th percentile) is solid, while Wickliffe Elementary School (77th percentile) is lower, with 5th-grade science at 59.5%.
The two outliers are Cranbrook Elementary School and Upper Arlington Online Academy. Cranbrook ranks in the 34th percentile but has improved each year (24th → 30th → 34th) and beats its district in places, such as 4th-grade math at 77.1% versus 41.3% district-wide, though absenteeism is 29.6%. The online academy, with just 47 students, has an 81.8% graduation rate, 37.8% absenteeism, and test scores in the low 60s — far below its district averages.
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