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Enrollment
1,001
Middle
DISTRICT 939 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS·NCES 181065002580
Fall Creek Junior High
12001 Olio Road, Fishers, IN 46037 · (317) 594-4390 · Hamilton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,001 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Indiana public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
177 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 483 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 518 | 52% |
Student demographics
52%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
62.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
60.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Junior High
Fall Creek Junior High's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Junior High this school | 1,001 | 17.7% | 61.2% |
| Fall Creek Intermediate School Fishers | 909 | 16.1% | 63.3% |
| Carmel Middle School Carmel | 1,047 | 18.5% | 62.1% |
| Discovery Middle School Granger | 941 | 19.4% | 72.3% |
| Center Grove Middle School Central Greenwood | 1,278 | 19.4% | 59.7% |
| Maple Creek Middle School Fort Wayne | 1,024 | 16.1% | 51.8% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #24 of 324 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #26 of 325 | #8 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #18 of 325 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,001 | #39 of 334 | #9 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #222 of 314 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #116 of 315 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #323 of 330 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #54 of 110 | #5 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,001
-2 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 1,001 | 61.3 | 16.3:1 | 18% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 1,015 | 57 | 17.8:1 | 17% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 1,002 | 51.9 | 19.3:1 | 14% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 1,003 | 55 | 18.2:1 | 8% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 47.7 | 19.0:1 | 15% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 43 | 18.2:1 | 13% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fall Creek Junior High.
About Fall Creek Junior High
At 12001 Olio Road in Fishers, Indiana, Fall Creek Junior High operates as a large middle school. The school's 1,001 students are in grades 7 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students each.
Fall Creek Junior High is among 22 schools run by Hamilton Southeastern Schools, which serves 21,062 students.
A majority of students at Fall Creek Junior High, 67%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Asian, 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Hamilton County, the White share is about 80%. By the diversity index, Fall Creek Junior High comes in at 52%.
Fall Creek Junior High's 61.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Indiana average 15.6:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 18%. That is close to the 21% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
The allk12 Grade for Fall Creek Junior High is A-. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 79% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Fall Creek Junior High is 1.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 61.2%. Predicted: 63.0%.
Fall Creek Junior High is located in Hamilton County, where median household income is about $121,530, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 69 public schools in Hamilton County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,065.
Fall Creek Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Fall Creek Junior High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Fall Creek Junior High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,003 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,001. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (18.2:1).
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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 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Riverside Junior HighMiddle · 885 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 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Riverside Junior HighMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Fall Creek Elementary School0.2 mi · 525
- Fall Creek Intermediate School0.2 mi · 909
- Hamilton Southeastern HS0.6 mi · 3,504
- Thorpe Creek Elementary1.2 mi · 607
- Brooks School Elementary1.3 mi · 715
- Geist Elementary School1.8 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Fall Creek Junior HighHow large is Fall Creek Junior High?
Fall Creek Junior High enrolls approximately 1,001 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Fall Creek Junior High serve?
Fall Creek Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fall Creek Junior High is approximately 16.3:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fall Creek Junior High?
At Fall Creek Junior High, the student body is approximately 67% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Fall Creek Junior High in?
Fall Creek Junior High is part of Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.