Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45505

ZIP code 45505 in Springfield, Ohio has 10 public schools — four elementary, two middle, and four high schools — serving roughly 3,545 students, with 2,033 of them in the Springfield City School District and the rest spread across three independent operators. The largest single school is Global Impact STEM Academy (697 students, grades 6–12), followed by Springfield-Clark County (657 students, grades 7–12).

Global Impact STEM Academy is the clearest standout: a 100% graduation rate, 16.1% chronic absenteeism (less than half the district's 34.7%), and above-state results in American History and Biology. But it is also the only school here on a clear multi-year slide, falling from the 58th to the 32nd percentile, and its 8th-grade math has been its own weakest subject two years running. Lincoln Elementary School is the lowest-ranked school in the ZIP, in the bottom 3–4% for three straight years. Springfield Preparatory and Fitness Academy posts some bright individual results — 8th-grade math and science above state — alongside very low ones and large year-to-year swings.

Across the ZIP, absenteeism moves opposite to performance: the schools with the highest absenteeism (Springfield City Online at 66.2%, the two middle schools at 44–46%) are also the lowest ranked, though Mann Elementary School breaks that pattern. The biggest shortfalls cluster in elementary math, while Hayward Middle School and Schaefer Middle School both beat the state in Algebra I despite bottom-decile overall results — likely a small, select group of test-takers. Note that one in five students attends a school with no comparable test or ranking data.