Deer Creek Elementary

Set in Noblesville, Indiana, Deer Creek Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, one of the schools within Hamilton Southeastern Schools. It works with 613 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Deer Creek Elementary sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Hamilton Southeastern Schools comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 21,062 students; Deer Creek Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Deer Creek Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Deer Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $121,530 per year, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Hamilton County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students), Deer Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Promise Road Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deer Creek Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

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