Schools in Zip Code 43232

ZIP code 43232 contains 21 schools serving roughly 8,029 students across elementary, middle, high, and alternative settings, split among Columbus City Schools District, Groveport Madison Local, and a large group of charter and independent operators. Enrollment varies dramatically, from Independence High School with 852 students — the largest — down to Capital City Career Prep High School with 93. The median school enrolls 362 students.

Several schools stand out. Performance Academy Eastland is the clearest academic success story, climbing from the 21st percentile to the 55th percentile over three years, with 5th-grade math at 88.5% proficient against a state mark of 59.1%. Arts & College Preparatory Academy posts the ZIP code's highest graduation rate at 98.9%, plus above-state results in American Government, American History, and English II. Sedalia Elementary pairs solid elementary proficiency with one of the lowest chronic absenteeism rates at 19.9%, while Zenith Academy East has the lowest absenteeism in the area at 3.0%. Groveport Madison Middle School North shows exceptional subject peaks — 100% in Algebra I and 96.3% in American History — but only 12.2% in 7th-grade math.

Chronic absenteeism is the area's biggest shared problem: the average school rate is 47.9%, and 9 of 21 schools exceed 50%. Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus (7.1% graduation rate, 96.9% absenteeism) and Capital City Career Prep High School (99.7% absenteeism) are the most extreme cases. Independence High School, the largest school here, has a 78.1% graduation rate but end-of-course scores well below state. Subject-level results are highly uneven within schools, and small charters with fewer than 150 students can swing sharply year to year. Spending figures date only to 2018-2019, so they should be read with caution.