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If you could change one rule at Henry P Fieler Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERRILLVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180969001582
Henry P Fieler Elementary School
407 W 61st Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410 · (219) 650-5301 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
291 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (89).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Henry P Fieler Elementary School→Merrillville Intermediate School→Pierce Middle School→Merrillville High School
Based on grade levels within Merrillville Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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%.
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 Henry P Fieler Elementary School
Henry P Fieler Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry P Fieler Elementary School this school | 466 | 62.4% | 40.0% |
| Sunny Heights Elementary School Indianapolis | 485 | 63.7% | 20.5% |
| Grassy Creek Elementary School Indianapolis | 516 | 58.9% | 20.1% |
| Warren Early Childhood Center Indianapolis | 471 | 60.5% | N/A |
| Brookview Elementary School Indianapolis | 507 | 68.6% | 23.9% |
| Lakeside Elementary School Indianapolis | 527 | 69.4% | 27.8% |
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 Henry P Fieler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #510 of 983 | #29 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #614 of 986 | #32 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #529 of 986 | #28 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #455 of 1,079 | #39 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #472 of 991 | #19 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #435 of 996 | #41 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #306 of 1,058 | #21 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #297 of 353 | #21 of 26 |
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
466
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 466 | 31.2 | 14.9:1 | 62% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 28.3 | 15.7:1 | 71% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 27.7 | 16.1:1 | 80% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 79% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 74% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 76% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 21 | 20.4:1 | 71% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 29% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry P Fieler Elementary School.
About Henry P Fieler Elementary School
Henry P Fieler Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Merrillville, Indiana, one of the schools in Merrillville Community School Corp. A federal count lists 466 students at the school, in pre-K through 4.
Henry P Fieler Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Merrillville Community School Corp, which enrolls 5,904 students in total.
Roughly 66% of students at Henry P Fieler Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 23% of Lake County residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1, with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana fairly closely. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 62% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Lake County report 47%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Henry P Fieler Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Henry P Fieler Elementary School is 8.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 40.0%. Predicted: 31.4%.
Lake County has about 500,379 residents, and the median household income is $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Henry P Fieler Elementary School, Lake County has 120 other public schools.
Higher Institute of Arts & Tech is the public school closest to Henry P Fieler Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Henry P Fieler Elementary School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Henry P Fieler Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 466 students in 2024-25, 16 fewer than the 482 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Henry P Fieler Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Merrillville Community School Corp
- Merrillville High SchoolHigh · 2,115 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Merrillville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Jonas E Salk Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Homer Iddings Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Edgar L Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
Other schools in Merrillville
- Merrillville High SchoolHigh · 2,115 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Merrillville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Jonas E Salk Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Homer Iddings Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Edgar L Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
Nearby schools
- Higher Institute of Arts & Tech0.4 mi · 259
- Merrillville Intermediate School0.5 mi · 788
- Merrillville High School1.1 mi · 2,115
- Pierce Middle School1.3 mi · 878
- Homer Iddings Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
- Glen Park Acad for Excel in Lrn1.5 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About Henry P Fieler Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Henry P Fieler Elementary School?
Henry P Fieler Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-04.
Is Henry P Fieler Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Henry P Fieler Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Henry P Fieler Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Henry P Fieler Elementary School.
How diverse is Henry P Fieler Elementary School?
Henry P Fieler Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 21% Hispanic, 66% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Henry P Fieler Elementary School?
Henry P Fieler Elementary School is overseen by Merrillville Community School Corp in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.