Brooks School Elementary

Brooks School Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Fishers, Indiana, part of Hamilton Southeastern Schools. The school works with 715 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 64% larger than the state mean of about 436.

Brooks School Elementary is one of 22 schools operated by Hamilton Southeastern Schools, a district that hosts 21,062 students overall.

Demographically, Brooks School Elementary lists that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 12% Asian, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brooks School Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 64.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hamilton County shows median household income runs about $121,530, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brooks School Elementary is one of 69 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students).

Sand Creek Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brooks School Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 866 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.