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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS·NCES 181065001750
Fall Creek Elementary School
12131 Olio Rd, Fishers, IN 46037 · (317) 594-4180 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
101 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 55% smaller than its 4th grade class (130).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
77.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Fall Creek Elementary School
Fall Creek Elementary School's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Elementary School this school | 525 | 19.2% | 73.5% |
| Hoosier Road Elementary School Fishers | 463 | 21.0% | 64.1% |
| Binford Elementary School Bloomington | 507 | 20.7% | 65.1% |
| Lantern Road Elementary School Fishers | 470 | 17.7% | 73.3% |
| Geist Elementary School Fishers | 608 | 14.8% | 69.7% |
| Prairie Vista Elementary School Granger | 513 | 21.1% | 83.8% |
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 Fall Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #30 of 983 | #9 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #52 of 986 | #11 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #29 of 986 | #7 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #323 of 1,079 | #33 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #622 of 991 | #24 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #411 of 996 | #21 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.2% | #1,005 of 1,058 | #20 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #219 of 597 | #12 of 23 |
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
525
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 525 | 33.4 | 15.7:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 32.4 | 15.7:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 31.6 | 15.1:1 | 12% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 32 | 21.7:1 | 4% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 7% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 22 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fall Creek Elementary School.
About Fall Creek Elementary School
Fall Creek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Fishers, Indiana. The school enrolls 525 students in pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 20% larger than that mark.
Fall Creek Elementary School reports to Hamilton Southeastern Schools, which has 22 schools and 21,062 students.
The share of White students at Fall Creek Elementary School is 66%, a majority. Smaller groups are 13% Asian, 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hamilton County is roughly 80% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 15.5:1. Fall Creek Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 19%. That is in line with the 21% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
Fall Creek Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Compared with Indiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Fall Creek Elementary School's results are 11.6 points above predicted: 73.5% against 61.9%.
In Hamilton County, the median household earns about $121,530 a year, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Hamilton County has 69 public schools with about 63,065 students, including Fall Creek Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fall Creek Junior High, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Fall Creek Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Fall Creek Elementary School 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.
The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 18.4 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Southeastern Schools
- Fishers High SchoolHigh · 3,590 students
- Hamilton Southeastern HSHigh · 3,504 students
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High SchMiddle · 1,238 students
- Fall Creek Junior HighMiddle · 1,001 students
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Fishers
- Fishers High SchoolHigh · 3,590 students
- Hamilton Southeastern HSHigh · 3,504 students
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High SchMiddle · 1,238 students
- Fall Creek Junior HighMiddle · 1,001 students
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other Fall Creek Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Fall Creek Elementary. Fall Creek Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Fall Creek Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 761 students
- Fall Creek ElementaryFall Creek, WI · 414 students
- Fall Creek ElementaryEast Bend, NC · 251 students
- FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLITHACA, NY · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Fall Creek Junior High0.2 mi · 1,001
- Fall Creek Intermediate School0.2 mi · 909
- Hamilton Southeastern HS0.4 mi · 3,504
- Thorpe Creek Elementary1.1 mi · 607
- Brooks School Elementary1.3 mi · 715
- Geist Elementary School2.0 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Fall Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fall Creek Elementary School?
Fall Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Fall Creek Elementary School serve?
Fall Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fall Creek Elementary School?
At Fall Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Fall Creek Elementary School public or private?
Fall Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
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