Fishers Junior High School

Fishers Junior High School is a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Fishers, Indiana, operated by Hamilton Southeastern Schools. The school instructs 840 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 41% bigger than typical.

Hamilton Southeastern Schools comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 21,062 students; Fishers Junior High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fishers Junior High School records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Fishers Junior High School lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Hamilton County's rate of about 21%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fishers Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of +2.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $121,530 per year, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Hamilton County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students), of which Fishers Junior High School is one.

Cumberland Road Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fishers Junior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 1,031 students in 2018 compared to 840 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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