Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43609

ZIP code 43609 in Toledo holds seven schools — six elementary and one alternative — serving pre-kindergarten through 10th grade, with about 1,895 students enrolled. Five are in the Toledo City district, ranked 662 of 773 Ohio districts (14th percentile, 1 star); Explorers Academy of Science and Technology and Mosaic Classical Academy operate as their own districts. Marshall STEMM Academy, Burroughs Elementary School, Arlington Elementary School, and Walbridge Elementary School are K–8, Escuela SMART Academy is PK–6, Mosaic is K–2, and Explorers is an alternative K–10 school. No standalone middle or high school exists in this ZIP.

Escuela SMART Academy is the brightest spot: chronic absenteeism of just 11.9% (versus the district's 39.8%) alongside the ZIP's best math and science results. Walbridge Elementary School has the highest rank percentile here (27th, 1 star) and top single-grade results, including 3rd grade ELA at 60.9% and 5th grade math and science at 53.8%, though its 4th grade ELA and math are both 14.3%. Burroughs Elementary School is comparatively strong in ELA. At the other end, Marshall STEMM Academy ranks in the 2nd percentile with 0 stars, has 50.7% absenteeism, and trails the district on every listed test, while Arlington Elementary School sits persistently low at the 7th percentile. Mosaic Classical Academy is tiny (23 students) with the ZIP's highest absenteeism, 84.9%.

Even the strongest schools here fall well short of state averages: Escuela SMART's all-test average of 35.5% and Walbridge's 35.0% beat the district's 29.3% but trail Ohio's roughly 60.1%. Attendance tracks closely with outcomes, as Escuela SMART's low absenteeism accompanies its best results. Marshall and Walbridge report nearly identical 2018–19 per-student spending ($11,493 and $11,470) yet post very different results, so spending alone does not explain performance. Be cautious with gaps in the data: free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for every school, spending is old and missing for three schools, Explorers' student/teacher ratio of 113.3 looks like a reporting issue, and Mosaic has no test scores.