Summary:
ZIP code 43224 in northeast Columbus contains 11 schools — 8 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high school, and 1 alternative K–12 — enrolling a combined 5,451 students. Nine of the 11 belong to Columbus City Schools District, which ranks 683rd of 773 Ohio districts; KIPP Columbus and Kids Care Elementary operate as their own districts. Enrollment is lopsided: KIPP Columbus alone has 1,945 students, about 35.7% of the ZIP total, while the median school enrolls just 334 and the smallest, Kids Care Elementary, has 167.
Columbus Spanish Immersion K-7 School has the strongest overall profile: the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP (29.0% vs. the district's 53.8%), the best elementary rank (30th percentile, up from 21st), and the only 2025–2026 test score in the ZIP above its state comparison — 4th grade ELA at 65%, against a state figure of 61.8%. KIPP Columbus pairs the ZIP's largest enrollment with a 98.6% graduation rate, well above the district's 81.5%, and the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.8), though most of its test scores remain below state levels.
Columbus International High School faces the steepest challenges: 72.4% chronic absenteeism, a 6th percentile rank with 0 stars, and end-of-course scores far below state (Geometry 4% vs. 43.3%). Medina Middle School posts the lowest average proficiency in the ZIP, about 21.8%, and 5th grade math and science are a ZIP-wide weak spot — no school exceeded state averages there. Across 91 reported 2025–2026 test entries, only one beat its state comparison, and average proficiency trailed state by roughly 26 percentage points. Spending does not track outcomes: the highest per-pupil figure, $13,528, belongs to the lowest-ranked school. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, and spending figures date to 2018–2019.
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