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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Lantern Road Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS·NCES 181065000373
Lantern Road Elementary School
10595 Lantern Rd, Fishers, IN 46037 · (317) 594-4140 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
83 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 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 39% smaller than its 4th grade class (106).
Student demographics
54%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
68.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
80.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Lantern Road Elementary School
Lantern Road Elementary School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lantern Road Elementary School this school | 470 | 17.7% | 73.3% |
| Binford Elementary School Bloomington | 507 | 20.7% | 65.1% |
| Fall Creek Elementary School Fishers | 525 | 19.2% | 73.5% |
| Hoosier Road Elementary School Fishers | 463 | 21.0% | 64.1% |
| Prairie Vista Elementary School Granger | 513 | 21.1% | 83.8% |
| Geist Elementary School Fishers | 608 | 14.8% | 69.7% |
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 Lantern Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #33 of 983 | #10 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #33 of 986 | #7 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #39 of 986 | #12 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #449 of 1,079 | #36 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #266 of 991 | #4 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #394 of 996 | #19 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #1,014 of 1,058 | #24 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.0% | #20 of 597 | #1 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
470
-88 (-16%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 470 | 34.1 | 13.8:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 31.8 | 16.1:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 33.4 | 15.7:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 38.6 | 20.6:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 34 | 22.2:1 | 7% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 28 | 22.1:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 734 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 2% (14) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lantern Road Elementary School.
About Lantern Road Elementary School
Lantern Road Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Fishers, Indiana. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 470 students.
Hamilton Southeastern Schools includes 22 schools. Together they enroll 21,062 students.
White students account for 66% of enrollment at Lantern Road Elementary School. The remaining students are 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show Hamilton County is about 80% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lantern Road Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The school reported 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 18%. That is close to the 21% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.0% at Lantern Road Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hamilton County, median household income is about $121,530, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 69 public schools operate in Hamilton County, serving about 63,065 students.
Nearest public school: Fishers Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Lantern Road Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Lantern Road Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 558 in 2020-21 and 470 in 2024-25, a decrease of 88 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.9:1 to 13.8:1.
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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
- Fishers Elementary School0.9 mi · 437
- Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary Sch2.3 mi · 778
- Riverside Intermediate School2.7 mi · 891
- Riverside Junior High2.7 mi · 885
- New Britton Elementary School2.7 mi · 572
- Hoosier Road Elementary School2.9 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Lantern Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lantern Road Elementary School?
Lantern Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-04.
Is Lantern Road Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lantern Road Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Lantern Road Elementary School have?
Lantern Road Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lantern Road Elementary School?
At Lantern Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Lantern Road Elementary School public or private?
Lantern Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.