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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180897002438
Clarks Creek Elementary
401 Elm Dr, Plainfield, IN 46168 · (317) 839-0120 · Hendricks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
338 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Plainfield Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
43.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clarks Creek Elementary
Clarks Creek Elementary's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Creek Elementary this school | 544 | 62.1% | 40.1% |
| Heritage Elementary School Monroeville | 514 | 64.0% | 36.7% |
| Washington Center Elementary Sch Fort Wayne | 553 | 66.2% | 37.0% |
| West View Elementary School Muncie | 538 | 63.9% | 29.4% |
| Valley Mills Elementary School Indianapolis | 554 | 65.7% | 21.0% |
| Lafayette Park Elementary School Kokomo | 527 | 62.0% | 28.4% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clarks Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #505 of 983 | #24 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #542 of 986 | #24 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #549 of 986 | #24 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #279 of 1,079 | #11 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #686 of 991 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #231 of 996 | #10 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #309 of 1,058 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #22 of 597 | #1 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
544
-377 (-41%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 544 | 33.7 | 16.2:1 | 62% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 30.9 | 16.7:1 | 61% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 30.4 | 16.3:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 921 | 48 | 19.2:1 | 31% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 918 | 46.1 | 19.9:1 | 29% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 36 | 23.3:1 | 28% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 34 | 22.4:1 | 30% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarks Creek Elementary.
About Clarks Creek Elementary
At 401 Elm Dr in Plainfield, Indiana, Clarks Creek Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 544 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 436.
Plainfield Community School Corp enrolls 5,917 students, and its 9 schools include Clarks Creek Elementary.
More than half of enrollment at Clarks Creek Elementary is White: 55%. The next largest groups are 22% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 23 points below the 78% share among Hendricks County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Clarks Creek Elementary reported 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. By family income, 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 39% average among public schools in Hendricks County.
Clarks Creek Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Clarks Creek Elementary is +8.5 points: 40.1% actual, 31.6% predicted.
In Hendricks County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $101,144, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 47 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,487, Clarks Creek Elementary among them.
Clarks Creek Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Little Quakers Academy, its nearest public school. Clarks Creek Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.7% on proficiency, and Clarks Creek Elementary is below that at 40.1%.
NCES assigns Clarks Creek Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 921 in 2020-21 and 544 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Students per teacher dropped from 19.2 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Clarks Creek Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield Community School Corp
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Plainfield Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,378 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Guilford ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Plainfield Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,378 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Guilford ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Little Quakers Academy0.0 mi · 210
- Brentwood Elementary School0.1 mi · 420
- Van Buren Elementary School1.0 mi · 514
- Pride Academy1.1 mi · 12
- Plainfield Community Middle School1.1 mi · 1,378
- Central Elementary School1.2 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Clarks Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Clarks Creek Elementary?
Clarks Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clarks Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarks Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Clarks Creek Elementary have?
Clarks Creek Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Clarks Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Clarks Creek Elementary are roughly 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Clarks Creek Elementary?
Clarks Creek Elementary is overseen by Plainfield Community School Corp in Hendricks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.