Grassy Creek Elementary School

Grassy Creek Elementary School is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, overseen by MSD Warren Township, enrolling 516 students in grades K through 4.

Within MSD Warren Township, which oversees 15 schools and 11,915 students, Grassy Creek Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Grassy Creek Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grassy Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Marion County shows median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Grassy Creek Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Creston Intermediate & Middle Schl, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grassy Creek Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 21.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Grassy Creek Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 15% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 516). White enrollment moved from 31% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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