Summary:
ZIP code 43228 is home to 10 schools — 8 elementary and 2 middle schools, with no high schools — spread across five district and charter contexts, so a family's assigned school can mean a very different academic environment. Hilliard City operates 1 school, South-Western City has 4, Columbus City Schools District has 3, and the charters Westside Academy and Bridge Gate Community School have 1 each. District context varies sharply: Hilliard City ranks at the 69th percentile with 3 stars, while Columbus City ranks at the 12th percentile with 1 star.
The clearest standout is Hilliard Horizon Elementary School, with the highest rank in the ZIP at 38% (2 stars) and by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.5%. Prairie Norton Elementary School posts a notable 4th grade math result of 72.8%, above both district and state, though its other grades lag. Westside Academy combines the ZIP's second-lowest absenteeism (17.0%) with some above-state math results, and Georgian Heights Alt Elementary School outperforms its Columbus City district in several subjects. Strikingly, Norton Middle School and Wedgewood Middle School show 93–100% Algebra I proficiency while ranking at the 21st percentile overall — likely a small advanced cohort, not whole-school performance.
Chronic absenteeism separates these schools more than anything else, ranging from 9.5% at Hilliard Horizon to 56.3% at Wedgewood, with Eakin Elementary School at 50.9% and Bridge Gate Community School at 53.3%. Most grade-level test results here fall below state proficiency; Stiles Elementary School and Prairie Lincoln Elementary School trail their district and state averages. Eakin has the ZIP's lowest rank at 3rd percentile with 0 stars despite high per-student spending of $11,724, showing that spending alone does not determine outcomes.
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