Fishback Creek Public Academy

Fishback Creek Public Academy is a mid-sized primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under MSD Pike Township. The school works with 510 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MSD Pike Township comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 10,674 students; Fishback Creek Public Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fishback Creek Public Academy logs that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fishback Creek Public Academy has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Fishback Creek Public Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fishback Creek Public Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 55.4%.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Fishback Creek Public Academy is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indiana Connections Career Academy, around 2.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fishback Creek Public Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fishback Creek Public Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fishback Creek Public Academy has contracted 5%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 27% to 18% over that span.

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