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Grassy Creek Elementary School
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Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Grassy Creek Elementary School
Grassy Creek Elementary School operates as a roomy elementary campus in Greenwood, Indiana, part of Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 847 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Grassy Creek Elementary School sits 94% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 8 schools in Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp (7,179 students total), Grassy Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Grassy Creek Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 30% Asian, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Grassy Creek Elementary School lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Johnson County's rate of about 41%.
After controlling for student poverty, Grassy Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.
Around the school, Johnson County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,454, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Johnson County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students), of which Grassy Creek Elementary School is one.
Ray Crowe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grassy Creek Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Over the past 7-year window. Grassy Creek Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 923 (now 847). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 71% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.
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