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Fishers Elementary School

11442 Lantern Rd, Fishers, IN 46038 · (317) 594-4160 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
  • 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 elementary schools

Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
125 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6314%
Grade 19221%
Grade 28920%
Grade 39021%
Grade 410324%

This year's kindergarten class (63) is 39% smaller than its 4th grade class (103).

Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
25358%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
6014%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
6114%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
307%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
338%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
21950%
Female
21850%

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
56.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
59.8%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 57 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Fishers Elementary School

Fishers Elementary School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Fishers Elementary School this school43728.6%57.4%
Eel River Elementary School
Fort Wayne
42029.3%54.2%
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch
Fort Wayne
53531.0%40.0%
Hickory Center Elementary School
Fort Wayne
45326.3%47.0%
Wyandotte Elementary
Lafayette
52230.5%51.0%
Sand Creek Elementary
Fishers
52027.9%55.0%
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 Fishers Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn Hamilton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
57.4%#189 of 983#32 of 39
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
59.8%#251 of 986#33 of 39
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
56.6%#158 of 986#32 of 39
Enrollment
ranked largest first
437#522 of 1,079#39 of 40
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#560 of 991#20 of 39
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
61.6%#252 of 996#3 of 39
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
28.6%#931 of 1,058#11 of 39
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.3%#514 of 597#23 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 2024-25
Enrollment
437
+38 (+10%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2543728.415.4:129% (125)
2023-2445129.415.4:129% (133)
2022-2344331.114.3:126% (117)
2020-213992416.6:119% (75)
2017-184522617.4:119% (85)
2015-164742419.8:120% (97)
2010-114812320.9:117% (81)
2000-014082715.1:12% (10)
1990-915193017.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fishers Elementary School.

About Fishers Elementary School

In Fishers, Indiana, part of Hamilton County, Fishers Elementary School is an elementary school. Enrolled students number 437 students, in pre-K through 4.

Fishers Elementary School is a school in Hamilton Southeastern Schools. The district has 22 schools and 21,062 students.

White students make up a majority at Fishers Elementary School, at 58%. The remaining students are 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Census figures show Hamilton County is about 80% White. Fishers Elementary School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.

Fishers Elementary School employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.4:1. That matches the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana fairly closely. Fishers Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 29%. That rate is above the 21% average among public schools in Hamilton County.

Fishers Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

On BeatsExpectations, Fishers Elementary School is 2.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.

Within Hamilton County, the median household income is $121,530, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 62% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. In all, Hamilton County has 69 public schools and roughly 63,065 students.

The closest public school to Fishers Elementary School is Lantern Road Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 57.4% is below the 64.3% average for nearby schools.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Fishers Elementary School's enrollment grew from 399 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.6:1 to 15.4:1.

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Hamilton County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Fishers Elementary School
District
Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Address
11442 Lantern Rd, Fishers, IN 46038
Phone
(317) 594-4160
County
Hamilton County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
437
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
125 (29%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
181065001751
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Other schools in Fishers
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Fishers Elementary School
How large is Fishers Elementary School?
Fishers Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Fishers Elementary School serve?
Fishers Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Fishers Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Fishers Elementary School.
How diverse is Fishers Elementary School?
Fishers Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Fishers Elementary School?
Fishers Elementary School is overseen by Hamilton Southeastern Schools in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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