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Enrollment
885
Elementary
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOBLESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 180765002158
Hinkle Creek Elementary School
595 S Harbour Dr, Noblesville, IN 46062 · (317) 776-0840 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
179 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 47 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 163 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (163).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
59.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
64.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Hinkle Creek Elementary School
Hinkle Creek Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinkle Creek Elementary School this school | 885 | 20.2% | 60.2% |
| McCutchanville Elementary School Evansville | 919 | 19.6% | 62.7% |
| Noble Crossing Elementary School Noblesville | 891 | 16.9% | 65.7% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School Bargersville | 735 | 20.3% | 53.4% |
| Horizon Elementary School Granger | 679 | 17.2% | 67.4% |
| Cedarville Elementary School Fort Wayne | 764 | 25.5% | 78.9% |
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 Hinkle Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #161 of 983 | #31 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #185 of 986 | #28 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #114 of 986 | #28 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #15 of 1,079 | #3 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #312 of 991 | #7 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #603 of 996 | #33 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #995 of 1,058 | #19 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #469 of 597 | #20 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
885
+55 (+7%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 885 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 20% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 908 | 62 | 14.7:1 | 20% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 927 | 65.5 | 14.2:1 | 19% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 42 | 19.8:1 | 15% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 46 | 20.2:1 | 23% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 918 | 43 | 21.4:1 | 19% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 3 | 162.3:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 12% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 27 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hinkle Creek Elementary School.
About Hinkle Creek Elementary School
Hinkle Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school in Noblesville, Indiana, one of the schools in Noblesville Schools. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 885 students. Against the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 103% higher.
Noblesville Schools enrolls 10,524 students, and its 11 schools include Hinkle Creek Elementary School.
Hinkle Creek Elementary School's enrollment is 81% White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, Hamilton County is about 80% White. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Hinkle Creek Elementary School operates with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 14.1:1 here. Hinkle Creek Elementary School reports 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 21% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Hinkle Creek 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.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hinkle Creek Elementary School would score about 61.2%. It scores 60.2%, 1.0 points below that figure.
In Hamilton County (population about 365,056), the median household income is $121,530, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Hinkle Creek Elementary School is one of 69 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Noblesville West Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. Hinkle Creek Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hinkle Creek Elementary School at 3rd of 6.
Hinkle Creek Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 885, a 7% gain from 830 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 19.8 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hinkle Creek Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Noblesville Schools
- Noblesville High SchoolHigh · 3,291 students
- Noblesville West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,330 students
- Noblesville East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Noble Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 891 students
- Promise Road ElementaryElementary · 810 students
- Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
Other schools in Noblesville
- Noblesville High SchoolHigh · 3,291 students
- Noblesville West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,330 students
- Noblesville East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Noble Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 891 students
- Promise Road ElementaryElementary · 810 students
- Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
Nearby schools
- Noblesville West Middle School1.3 mi · 1,330
- Options Indiana1.6 mi · 612
- Hazel Dell Elementary School2.2 mi · 642
- North Elementary School2.4 mi · 448
- Noblesville East Middle School2.6 mi · 1,057
- Excel Center - Noblesville2.9 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Hinkle Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hinkle Creek Elementary School?
Hinkle Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 885 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hinkle Creek Elementary School serve?
Hinkle Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hinkle Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hinkle Creek Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hinkle Creek Elementary School?
At Hinkle Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hinkle Creek Elementary School public or private?
Hinkle Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Noblesville Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.