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What advice would you give to incoming students at Sycamore Elementary School?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180027000390
Sycamore Elementary School
7878 E CR 100 N, Avon, IN 46123 · (317) 544-6600 · Hendricks County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
15.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
285 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (112).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
58.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
74.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 29 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 Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Elementary School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Elementary School this school | 512 | 55.7% | 65.2% |
| Cedar Elementary School Avon | 638 | 54.4% | 62.2% |
| Arlington Elementary School Fort Wayne | 418 | 55.0% | 36.1% |
| Walt Disney Elementary School Mishawaka | 512 | 61.3% | 43.0% |
| Hickory Elementary School Avon | 589 | 55.3% | 56.8% |
| Stockwell Elementary School Evansville | 545 | 55.4% | 26.9% |
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 Sycamore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #103 of 983 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #77 of 986 | #9 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #140 of 986 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #349 of 1,079 | #15 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #496 of 991 | #9 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #76 of 996 | #3 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #471 of 1,058 | #4 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #212 of 353 | #9 of 11 |
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
512
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 512 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 56% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 53% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 31.1 | 17.4:1 | 47% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 26.3 | 18.3:1 | 28% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 22 | 20.7:1 | 27% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 18% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Elementary School.
About Sycamore Elementary School
Sycamore Elementary School sits in Avon, Indiana, and is classified as an elementary school. The student body numbers 512 students, from kindergarten through 4.
The 12 schools of Avon Community School Corp, including Sycamore Elementary School, enroll 10,742 students.
Enrollment at Sycamore Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Hendricks County overall, about 78% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Sycamore Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Sycamore Elementary School counts 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.1 students for each one. Elementary schools in Indiana have a similar average ratio of 15.5:1. About 56% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Hendricks County, the average is 39%.
allk12 grades Sycamore Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Sycamore Elementary School is in the top 10% of Indiana schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.1%. The school's actual rate is 65.2%, 29.0 points higher.
In the county around the school, Hendricks County, median household income is about $101,144, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Sycamore Elementary School is among the 47 public schools in Hendricks County.
Avon Middle School North is the public school closest to Sycamore Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Sycamore Elementary School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 6%, from 481 to 512. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.2 to 15.1 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avon Community School Corp
- Avon High SchoolHigh · 3,523 students
- Avon Middle School NorthMiddle · 929 students
- Avon Intermediate School EastMiddle · 837 students
- Avon Middle School SouthMiddle · 821 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Avon Intermediate School WestMiddle · 755 students
Other schools in Avon
- Avon High SchoolHigh · 3,523 students
- Avon Middle School NorthMiddle · 929 students
- Avon Intermediate School EastMiddle · 837 students
- Avon Middle School SouthMiddle · 821 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Avon Intermediate School WestMiddle · 755 students
Other Sycamore Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sycamore Elementary. Sycamore Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolKokomo, IN · 305 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 751 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolCorona de Tucson, AZ · 640 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolCollierville, TN · 580 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Avon Middle School North0.2 mi · 929
- Maple Elementary School1.4 mi · 784
- Avon Middle School South1.4 mi · 821
- White Oak Early Learning Center1.4 mi · 210
- Avon Intermediate School East1.7 mi · 837
- Avon Intermediate School West1.7 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sycamore Elementary School?
Sycamore Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Sycamore Elementary School serve?
Sycamore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sycamore Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sycamore Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sycamore Elementary School?
Sycamore Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 10% Hispanic, 33% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Sycamore Elementary School public or private?
Sycamore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Avon Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.