Three Creeks Elem School

Set in Lowell, Indiana, Three Creeks Elem School is a medium-sized elementary school, part of Tri-Creek School Corporation. It instructs 472 students across grades K through 4.

Within Tri-Creek School Corporation, which oversees 6 schools and 3,280 students, Three Creeks Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Three Creeks Elem School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Three Creeks Elem School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Three Creeks Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at Three Creeks Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Three Creeks Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lake County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,493 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Three Creeks Elem School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lowell Senior High School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Three Creeks Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Three Creeks Elem School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

Three Creeks Elem School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Three Creeks Elem School has decreased 6%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 in 2025.

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