Fall Creek Elementary School

Located at 12131 Olio Rd, in Fishers, Indiana, Fall Creek Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that serves 525 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by Hamilton Southeastern Schools. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 20% bigger than typical.

Hamilton Southeastern Schools runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 21,062 students. Fall Creek Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fall Creek Elementary School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 13% Asian, 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fall Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 73.5%.

Across the wider county, Hamilton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $121,530 per year, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Hamilton County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students), Fall Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fall Creek Junior High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fall Creek Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 67.3%.

Fall Creek Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fall Creek Elementary School has fell 17%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 525 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 83% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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