Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45504

ZIP code 45504 is served by three schools: two elementary schools, Snowhill Elementary School and Snyder Park Elementary School, both serving grades K–6 and both part of Springfield City School District, plus one high school, Buckeye Community School - Springfield, serving grades 9–12. Total enrollment is 977 students — 793 in the elementaries and 184 in the high school. The district overseeing the elementaries ranks 704th of 773 Ohio districts, at the 9th percentile with 0 stars. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all three schools, elementary spending figures are from 2018–2019, and Buckeye has no test-score, rank, or spending data.

Snowhill Elementary School is the standout. It ranks at the 35th percentile with 2 stars and has held steady for three years, scoring above the district average in all nine reported 2025–2026 tests — though it beat the state average in only one, 5th-grade Science at 67.3%. Its chronic absenteeism, 18.6%, is well below the district's 34.7%. Snyder Park Elementary School is the weaker elementary: 16th percentile, 1 star, below the state average in all nine tests, and 32.9% chronic absenteeism. Snowhill's lead is widest in 5th-grade Science (67.3% vs. 14.3%) and 5th-grade Math (57.1% vs. 11.4%). Snyder Park's smaller classes — a 13.8 student-teacher ratio versus Snowhill's 15.5 — and lower spending have not come with stronger results.

Buckeye Community School - Springfield has the highest chronic absenteeism (41.4%) and the highest student-teacher ratio (23.0) in the group, along with a 34.3% graduation rate; no test scores are available for it. Across both elementaries, 6th grade is a shared weak point: Snowhill scored 22.7% in Math and 34.1% in ELA, and Snyder Park 17.3% in both, against state averages of 56.2% and 56.0%. Overall, Snowhill is the strongest option here, Snyder Park lags well behind, and Buckeye shows engagement and completion challenges families should weigh.