Summary:
ZIP code 45506 in Springfield, Ohio contains three schools, all elementary, enrolling 937 students combined. Two are traditional K–6 public schools in Springfield City School District — Fulton Elementary School (444 students) and Perrin Woods Elementary School (383). The third, Springfield Sports Academy (110 students, K–7), operates as its own district. There are no middle or high schools in this ZIP, and free/reduced-lunch rates are unreported for all three. Notably, Springfield City School District ranks in the bottom tenth of Ohio districts with 0 stars, so local context matters enormously when reading any number here.
The three schools are heading in different directions. Perrin Woods Elementary School is the standout: it improved on 8 of 9 comparable measures year over year, climbed from 8th to 13th percentile statewide, and earned its first star. Its 4th grade math proficiency (51.4%) is the highest among district schools in the ZIP and beats its own district average by 13.8 points. Fulton Elementary School moved the other way, declining in 6 of 9 measures and slipping from 1 star to 0 stars, now below its district average in most reported cells. Springfield Sports Academy shows the highest raw proficiency (54.5% in 4th grade math and ELA), but reports only two tested cells and has no rank history or district benchmark.
Attendance is a striking contrast: 65.1% of Springfield Sports Academy students are chronically absent, versus 24.4% at Fulton Elementary School and 28.2% at Perrin Woods Elementary School — both better than the 34.7% district rate. Science is weak everywhere: 6.7% at Fulton and 18.2% at Perrin Woods against 62.7% statewide. Sixth grade is the shared soft spot at both district schools. Spending figures ($10,010 at Fulton, $9,729 at Perrin Woods) date to 2018-19 and cannot be tied to current results.
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