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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS·NCES 181065000967
Harrison Parkway Elementary School
14135 Harrison Pky, Fishers, IN 46038 · (317) 915-4210 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
226 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (126).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
62.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
74.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
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 Harrison Parkway Elementary School
Harrison Parkway Elementary School's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Parkway Elementary School this school | 568 | 39.8% | 65.9% |
| Discovery Charter School Porter | 536 | 39.7% | 47.6% |
| Homan Elementary School Schererville | 472 | 37.7% | 58.1% |
| White River Elementary School Noblesville | 605 | 44.3% | 50.1% |
| Delaware Trail Elementary School Brownsburg | 512 | 37.3% | 74.2% |
| Peifer Elementary School Schererville | 420 | 36.7% | 49.5% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Harrison Parkway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #90 of 983 | #21 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #72 of 986 | #15 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #94 of 986 | #21 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #229 of 1,079 | #28 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #416 of 991 | #12 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #203 of 996 | #1 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #794 of 1,058 | #3 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #415 of 597 | #17 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
568
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 568 | 38.9 | 14.6:1 | 40% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 38.4 | 15.2:1 | 37% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 36.1 | 16.2:1 | 35% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 22% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 36.6 | 16.7:1 | 26% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 23% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 28 | 22.0:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 34 | 18.9:1 | 2% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Parkway Elementary School.
About Harrison Parkway Elementary School
Harrison Parkway Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Fishers, Indiana. Its enrollment is 568 students, spread over pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students, which makes this school 30% larger than average.
Hamilton Southeastern Schools, which runs Harrison Parkway Elementary School, has 22 schools and 21,062 students.
Federal enrollment data show Harrison Parkway Elementary School is 54% White. The next largest groups are 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 26 points below the 80% share among Hamilton County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Harrison Parkway Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Harrison Parkway Elementary School comes to 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 0.9 more students per teacher than here. Harrison Parkway Elementary School counts 40% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 21% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Harrison Parkway Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana schools. It scores 65.9%; the prediction is 47.4%.
Census data for Hamilton County show median household income comes to about $121,530, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 69 public schools and about 63,065 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cumberland Road Elem School, is about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Harrison Parkway Elementary School places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 568, compared with 587 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Harrison Parkway Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Southeastern Schools
- Fishers High SchoolHigh · 3,590 students
- Hamilton Southeastern HSHigh · 3,504 students
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High SchMiddle · 1,238 students
- Fall Creek Junior HighMiddle · 1,001 students
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Fishers
- Fishers High SchoolHigh · 3,590 students
- Hamilton Southeastern HSHigh · 3,504 students
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High SchMiddle · 1,238 students
- Fall Creek Junior HighMiddle · 1,001 students
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Nearby schools
- Cumberland Road Elem School1.0 mi · 521
- New Britton Elementary School1.1 mi · 572
- Fishers Junior High School1.2 mi · 840
- Options Noblesville1.6 mi · 183
- Prairie Trace Elementary School2.0 mi · 715
- Promise Road Elementary2.1 mi · 810
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Parkway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Harrison Parkway Elementary School?
Harrison Parkway Elementary School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Harrison Parkway Elementary School serve?
Harrison Parkway Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Harrison Parkway Elementary School have?
Harrison Parkway Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Harrison Parkway Elementary School?
Harrison Parkway Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Harrison Parkway Elementary School?
Harrison Parkway Elementary School is overseen by Hamilton Southeastern Schools in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.