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Enrollment
833
Middle
DISTRICT 773 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD PIKE TOWNSHIP·NCES 180891001487
Guion Creek Middle School
4401 W 52nd St, Indianapolis, IN 46254 · (317) 293-4549 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
461 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 270 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 270 | 32% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 57% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Guion Creek Middle School→Pike High School
Based on grade levels within MSD Pike Township. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
20.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Guion Creek Middle School
Guion Creek Middle School's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guion Creek Middle School this school | 833 | 55.3% | 15.7% |
| Lincoln Middle School Indianapolis | 736 | 55.8% | 11.4% |
| Charles N Scott Middle School Hammond | 663 | 54.1% | 10.9% |
| Westlane Middle School Indianapolis | 754 | 54.4% | 31.1% |
| Merrillville Intermediate School Merrillville | 788 | 54.4% | 29.7% |
| Belzer Middle School Indianapolis | 1,119 | 63.9% | 12.8% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Guion Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #294 of 324 | #22 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #303 of 325 | #27 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #287 of 325 | #21 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #71 of 334 | #16 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #179 of 314 | #19 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #92 of 315 | #27 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #116 of 330 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #71 of 187 | #5 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
833
-179 (-18%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 20.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 833 | 53.9 | 15.4:1 | 55% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 872 | 51.6 | 16.9:1 | 73% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 865 | 53.5 | 16.2:1 | 79% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 1,012 | 50 | 20.2:1 | 73% (739) |
| 2017-18 | 973 | 52.4 | 18.6:1 | 80% (775) |
| 2015-16 | 902 | 50 | 18.0:1 | 76% (687) |
| 2010-11 | 899 | 44 | 20.4:1 | 70% (633) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 41% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 40 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guion Creek Middle School.
About Guion Creek Middle School
Students in Indianapolis, Indiana, attend Guion Creek Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. A total of 833 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 40% higher.
MSD Pike Township oversees Guion Creek Middle School and 12 other schools, with 10,674 students in total.
A majority of students at Guion Creek Middle School, 55%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. Among all residents of Marion County, the Black share is about 27%. The chance that two students picked at random at Guion Creek Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Its 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.4:1. Middle schools in Indiana have a similar average ratio of 15.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%.
Measured against Indiana public middle schools, Guion Creek Middle School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Guion Creek Middle School is 20.7 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Indiana.
In Marion County (population about 975,809), median household income is about $66,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. A total of 274 public schools operate in Marion County, serving about 161,456 students.
The next-closest public school is Guion Creek Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Guion Creek Middle School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 15.7% against a local average of 23.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 1,012 to 833 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 15.4 students per teacher, compared with 20.2 in 2020-21.
The Guion Creek Middle School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Pike Township
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
- Snacks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- New Augusta Public Academy - NorthMiddle · 751 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Deer Run ElementaryElementary · 616 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Nearby schools
- Guion Creek Elementary School0.2 mi · 550
- Snacks Crossing Elementary School1.1 mi · 793
- IN Math & Science Academy1.6 mi · 554
- Deer Run Elementary1.8 mi · 616
- New Augusta Public Academy - South1.8 mi · 437
- Carl Wilde School 79 Center For Inquiry - an Inquiry School2.0 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Guion Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Guion Creek Middle School?
Guion Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 833 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Guion Creek Middle School serve?
Guion Creek Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Guion Creek Middle School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Guion Creek Middle School.
How diverse is Guion Creek Middle School?
Guion Creek Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 35% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Guion Creek Middle School?
Guion Creek Middle School is overseen by MSD Pike Township in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.