Indian Springs Elementary

Indian Springs Elementary is a K-5 school of roomy scale in Powell, Ohio, run under Olentangy Local, instructing 721 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 78% above typical.

Olentangy Local runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 24,133 students. Indian Springs Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Indian Springs Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 27% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Indian Springs Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 20%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Springs Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 86.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate the typical household earns roughly $133,540 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), Indian Springs Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Olentangy Liberty High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Indian Springs Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 88.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 17%: 618 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 57% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.