Indian Creek Elementary School

Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, Indian Creek Elementary School is a sprawling elementary school, one of the schools within MSD Lawrence Township. It enrolls 712 students across grades 1 through 6. That puts it 63% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

MSD Lawrence Township comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 16,747 students; Indian Creek Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Indian Creek Elementary School lists that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.7%, the actual is 17.8%, a residual of -8.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $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 Indian Creek Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Sunnyside Elementary School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Indian Creek Elementary School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

Indian Creek Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 698 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 52% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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