Snacks Crossing Elementary School

Snacks Crossing Elementary School is a substantial elementary-level community in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under MSD Pike Township. The school instructs 793 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

Snacks Crossing Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by MSD Pike Township, a district that works with 10,674 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Snacks Crossing Elementary School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Snacks Crossing Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Snacks Crossing Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Marion County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Snacks Crossing Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.6%; actual is 15.4%, a gap of -31.2 points.

In the area at large, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,346 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Snacks Crossing Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Deer Run Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Snacks Crossing Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Snacks Crossing Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 23.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Snacks Crossing Elementary School has expanded 32%, going from 599 students in 2018 to 793 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.