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Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINN-MAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191722001003
Indian Creek Elementary School
2900 Indian Creek Rd, Marion, IA 52302 · (319) 447-3270 · Linn County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
57 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 32% smaller than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 48% · 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
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
85.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.9% | 85.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 84.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
84.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Indian Creek Elementary School
Indian Creek Elementary School's state test result (84.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Creek Elementary School this school | 354 | 16.1% | 84.1% |
| Cowles Elementary School Des Moines | 392 | 20.2% | 82.6% |
| Cody Elementary School LeClaire | 443 | 13.8% | 88.8% |
| Paul Norton Elementary School Bettendorf | 403 | 16.9% | 86.0% |
| Gilbert Intermediate School Gilbert | 356 | 8.1% | 91.6% |
| Ashland Ridge Elementary Ankeny | 548 | 14.1% | 82.2% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Indian Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #62 of 564 | #4 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #107 of 564 ▲ 13 | #4 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #55 of 564 ▲ 45 | #4 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #285 of 705 | #23 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #361 of 561 | #29 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #311 of 561 | #35 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #624 of 666 | #41 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #13 of 359 | #3 of 30 |
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
354
-64 (-15%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 17% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 27.6 | 14.9:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 14% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 11% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 13% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 15 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (568 to 354); teachers down 22% (32 to 25).
About Indian Creek Elementary School
Indian Creek Elementary School is an elementary school in Marion, Iowa, reachable at (319) 447-3270. It serves 354 students in kindergarten through 4.
Indian Creek Elementary School is part of a district of 12 schools: Linn-Mar Comm School District, with 7,361 students.
Indian Creek Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% White. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The White share in Linn County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. Indian Creek Elementary School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 25 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Indian Creek Elementary School was 14.2:1. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. Indian Creek Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 16%. The average for public schools in Linn County is 40%.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Indian 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.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Indian Creek Elementary School, the prediction is 83.9% and the result is 84.1%.
In the county around the school, Linn County, median household income is about $77,649, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 83 public schools operate in Linn County, serving about 36,480 students.
Of nearby public schools, Linn-Mar High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Indian Creek Elementary School is ahead of the 75.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
NCES assigns Indian Creek Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 15%, from 418 to 354. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Indian Creek Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Echo Hill ElementaryElementary · 536 students
- Oak Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
Other schools in Marion
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
Other Indian Creek Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Indian Creek Elementary. Indian Creek Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 12.
- Indian Creek Elementary SchoolClarkston, GA · 967 students
- Indian Creek Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 712 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryDouglas, GA · 675 students
- Indian Creek Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 573 students
- Indian Creek Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Linn-Mar High School0.3 mi · 2,229
- Excelsior Middle School0.6 mi · 594
- Novak Elementary School0.6 mi · 347
- Wilkins Elementary School0.7 mi · 348
- Longfellow Elementary1.3 mi · 254
- Boulder Peak Intermediate School1.4 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Indian Creek Elementary School?
Indian Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Indian Creek Elementary School serve?
Indian Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Indian Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Indian Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Creek Elementary School?
At Indian Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Creek Elementary School?
Indian Creek Elementary School is overseen by Linn-Mar Comm School District in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.