Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JENNINGS COUNTY SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180519001417
Sand Creek Elementary School
1450 W CR 500 N, North Vernon, IN 47265 · (812) 352-9343 · Jennings County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
335 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (46).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Jennings County School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
37.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Sand Creek Elementary School
Sand Creek Elementary School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Creek Elementary School this school | 385 | 87.0% | 31.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Huntington | 350 | 81.7% | 31.4% |
| Blanche E Fuqua Elementary School Terre Haute | 354 | 83.3% | 26.3% |
| Sugar Grove Elementary School Terre Haute | 360 | 82.8% | 33.7% |
| Farrington Grove Elementary School Terre Haute | 380 | 89.7% | 13.7% |
| Ouabache Elementary School Terre Haute | 366 | 80.3% | 22.2% |
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 Sand Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Jennings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #685 of 983 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #644 of 986 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #671 of 986 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #642 of 1,079 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #414 of 991 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #578 of 996 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #19 of 1,058 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #586 of 597 | #6 of 6 |
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
385
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 385 | 26.3 | 14.6:1 | 87% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 29.5 | 13.5:1 | 88% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 28.5 | 13.7:1 | 85% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 72% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 82% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 79% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 78% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 38% (242) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Creek Elementary School.
About Sand Creek Elementary School
In North Vernon, Indiana, part of Jennings County, Sand Creek Elementary School is an elementary school. A federal count lists 385 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Sand Creek Elementary School is one school in an 8-school district, Jennings County School Corporation, which enrolls 3,800 students.
By race and ethnicity, Sand Creek Elementary School is 78% White. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 93% White among all Jennings County residents. Sand Creek Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, higher than at this school. Sand Creek Elementary School reports 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 65% for public schools in Jennings County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Sand 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.
Schools in Indiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 14.0%. Sand Creek Elementary School posts 31.8%, 17.8 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Jennings County, median household income is about $69,322, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 8 public schools operate in Jennings County, serving about 3,800 students.
Jennings County High School is located about 4.2 miles from Sand Creek Elementary School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. On proficiency, Sand Creek Elementary School is behind the 36.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Federal data place Sand Creek Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 385, close to the 381 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jennings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,562
Census ACS
Median income
$69,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jennings County School Corporation
- Jennings County High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- Jennings County Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- North Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Brush Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Hayden Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
- Scipio Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
Other schools in North Vernon
- Jennings County High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- Jennings County Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- North Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Brush Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Other Sand Creek Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sand Creek Elementary. Sand Creek Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sand Creek ElementaryFishers, IN · 520 students
- Sand Creek ElementaryCOON RAPIDS, MN · 557 students
- Sand Creek Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Jennings County High School4.2 mi · 1,188
- Scipio Elementary School4.3 mi · 252
- North Vernon Elementary School4.4 mi · 566
- Jennings County Middle School4.6 mi · 572
- Brush Creek Elementary School6.0 mi · 303
- Hayden Elementary School7.7 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sand Creek Elementary School?
Sand Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Sand Creek Elementary School serve?
Sand Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sand Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Sand Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Sand Creek Elementary School?
Sand Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sand Creek Elementary School public or private?
Sand Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jennings County School Corporation.
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