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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS·NCES 181065002429
Thorpe Creek Elementary
14642 E 126th St, Fishers, IN 46038 · (317) 594-4310 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
73 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 42% smaller than its 4th grade class (149).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
67.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
80.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 →
Schools most like Thorpe Creek Elementary
Thorpe Creek Elementary's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Creek Elementary this school | 607 | 12.0% | 73.8% |
| Geist Elementary School Fishers | 608 | 14.8% | 69.7% |
| Clay Center Elementary School Carmel | 666 | 12.2% | 79.0% |
| Maple Glen Elementary Westfield | 632 | 11.9% | 73.2% |
| Fall Creek Elementary School Fishers | 525 | 19.2% | 73.5% |
| Boone Meadow Whitestown | 545 | 12.3% | 73.7% |
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 Thorpe Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #28 of 983 | #8 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #37 of 986 | #9 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #50 of 986 | #15 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #180 of 1,079 | #23 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #709 of 991 | #29 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #373 of 996 | #16 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #1,037 of 1,058 | #31 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #87 of 597 | #3 of 23 |
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
607
-61 (-9%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 607 | 37.2 | 16.3:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 34.7 | 17.1:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 36.4 | 17.3:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 15% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 42.2 | 19.6:1 | 12% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 33 | 21.4:1 | 12% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 11% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thorpe Creek Elementary.
About Thorpe Creek Elementary
Thorpe Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Indiana, with an address in Fishers. In all, 607 students attend the school in pre-K through 4. It has 39% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Thorpe Creek Elementary is one school in Hamilton Southeastern Schools, a system of 22 schools with 21,062 students.
More than half of enrollment at Thorpe Creek Elementary is White: 65%. Enrollment also includes 13% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Hispanic. The school's White share is 15 points below the 80% share among Hamilton County residents. The diversity index for Thorpe Creek Elementary is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 16.3:1 is based on 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 12%. For comparison, public schools in Hamilton County average 21%.
On the allk12 Grade, Thorpe Creek Elementary lands at A, ahead of 89% of Indiana public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Thorpe Creek Elementary is 6.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 73.8%. Predicted: 67.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Hamilton County show that median household income comes to about $121,530, roughly 62% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hamilton County counts 69 public schools with about 63,065 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Thorpe Creek Elementary from the closest public school, Hamilton Southeastern HS. The five-mile area around Thorpe Creek Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Thorpe Creek Elementary's average proficiency of 73.8% compares with 67.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Thorpe Creek Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 607 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 668. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.6:1 to 16.3:1 over the same years.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Southeastern Schools
- Fishers High SchoolHigh · 3,590 students
- Hamilton Southeastern HSHigh · 3,504 students
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High SchMiddle · 1,238 students
- Fall Creek Junior HighMiddle · 1,001 students
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Fishers
- Fishers High SchoolHigh · 3,590 students
- Hamilton Southeastern HSHigh · 3,504 students
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High SchMiddle · 1,238 students
- Fall Creek Junior HighMiddle · 1,001 students
- Fall Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Riverside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton Southeastern HS0.8 mi · 3,504
- Southeastern Elementary School1.0 mi · 773
- Fall Creek Intermediate School1.0 mi · 909
- Fall Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 525
- Fall Creek Junior High1.2 mi · 1,001
- Hamilton SE Int and Jr High Sch1.3 mi · 1,238
Frequently asked questions
About Thorpe Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Thorpe Creek Elementary?
Thorpe Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-04.
Is Thorpe Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thorpe Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Thorpe Creek Elementary have?
Thorpe Creek Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Thorpe Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Thorpe Creek Elementary are roughly 65% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 13% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Thorpe Creek Elementary public or private?
Thorpe Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
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