Cedar Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Avon, Indiana, Cedar Elementary School educates 638 students from grades K through 4, part of Avon Community School Corp. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Cedar Elementary School sits 46% above that benchmark.

Avon Community School Corp comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 10,742 students; Cedar Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Cedar Elementary School reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 36% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, On paper, Cedar Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hendricks County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cedar Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 62.2%, a residual of +25.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hendricks County shows median household earnings sit near $101,144, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Hendricks County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,487 students), Cedar Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hickory Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 692 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.