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Alumni: what's one memory from Rock Creek Community Academy that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
672
Combined
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK CREEK COMMUNITY ACADEMY·NCES 180009902497
Rock Creek Community Academy
8000 Diefenbach Ln, Sellersburg, IN 47172 · (812) 246-9271 · Clark County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
49 FTE teachers
STATE 24.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
295 students
STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 41 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 33 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
36.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
30.7%
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 31 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
672
+47 (+8%) vs 2020
+84% since 2010-11, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 672 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 44% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 41% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 38% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 32% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 23% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 24% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 22% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Creek Community Academy.
About Rock Creek Community Academy
Rock Creek Community Academy is a medium-sized combined-grade school in Sellersburg, Indiana, that operates as a charter school. The school had 672 students in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (combined schools in Indiana) has about 531 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
At 74%, White students outnumber all other groups at Rock Creek Community Academy combined. It is also 13% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Clark County's residents are about 82% White, 8 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Rock Creek Community Academy comes in at 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 49 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.7:1. Among combined schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 24.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.5% for Rock Creek Community Academy. The school posts 35.9%, 8.6 points below the prediction.
Clark County has about 124,354 residents, and median household income is about $74,214, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 33 public schools in Clark County, with a combined enrollment of about 23,765.
Silver Creek Primary School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Rock Creek Community Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 41.6% proficiency; Rock Creek Community Academy posts 35.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The number of students grew from 625 to 672 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.4 to 13.7 over 4 years.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,354
Census ACS
Median income
$74,214
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
23,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sellersburg
- Silver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 980 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Silver Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
- Silver Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Silver Creek Primary School0.3 mi · 510
- Silver Creek Elementary School0.8 mi · 980
- Silver Creek Middle School0.9 mi · 748
- Silver Creek High School0.9 mi · 976
- Charlestown Middle School4.3 mi · 647
- Jonathan Jennings Elementary Sch4.8 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Creek Community AcademyHow many students attend Rock Creek Community Academy?
Rock Creek Community Academy enrolls approximately 672 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Rock Creek Community Academy serve?
Rock Creek Community Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many teachers does Rock Creek Community Academy have?
Rock Creek Community Academy employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rock Creek Community Academy?
At Rock Creek Community Academy, the student body is approximately 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Rock Creek Community Academy in?
Rock Creek Community Academy is part of Rock Creek Community Academy.
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