Mill Creek West Elementary

Mill Creek West Elementary, a cozy elementary campus in Amo, Indiana, one of the schools within Mill Creek Community Sch Corp, teaches 344 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Mill Creek West Elementary sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Mill Creek Community Sch Corp runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,572 students. Mill Creek West Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Mill Creek West Elementary logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Mill Creek West Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Hendricks County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, Mill Creek West Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 56.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hendricks County) shows that median household income runs about $101,144, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Hendricks County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,487 students), Mill Creek West Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cascade Middle School, around 3.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mill Creek West Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Mill Creek West Elementary's enrollment has grew 19% since 2018, when it stood at 289 (now 344). Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.