Guion Creek Elementary School

Guion Creek Elementary School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under MSD Pike Township, instructing 550 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 436.

MSD Pike Township comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 10,674 students; Guion Creek Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Guion Creek Elementary School records that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Guion Creek Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Marion County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Guion Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 30.8%.

Around the school, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Guion Creek Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Guion Creek Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Guion Creek Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 698 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.