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Best Public Schools in Fishers, IN


At a glance
21
Schools
20,449
Students
15
5-star schools
Top rankedHamilton SE Intermediate and Junior High School2nd of 486 Indiana middle schools
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Biggest riser
Sand Creek Elementary up 189 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Lantern Road Elementary School 13.7 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
4★
3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Fishers, Indiana is home to 21 public schools — 12 elementary, 7 middle and junior high, and 2 high schools — all within Hamilton Southeastern Schools, a district ranked #6 of 374 in Indiana (98th percentile, 5 stars) serving a total of 20,449 students.

The city's top performers are remarkable. Hamilton SE Intermediate and Junior High School is the #2 middle school in Indiana out of 486, and Riverside Junior High School (#7) and Fall Creek Junior High School (#8) give the city an unusually deep bench. Fishers High School ranks #9 of 415 high schools with a 99.7% graduation rate, while Hamilton Southeastern High School ranks #13 and posts stronger SAT scores (RW 79.31, Math 58.98). At the elementary level, Thorpe Creek Elementary School (#20), Southeastern Elementary School (#31), New Britton Elementary School (#45), Harrison Parkway Elementary School (#46) and Geist Elementary School (#49) all rank in the top 5% statewide.

Citywide averages are strong: elementary ELA ~67.5, Math ~73.2 and Science ~64.5, far above state figures; chronic absenteeism averages 6.2% versus 16.7% statewide; and free/reduced lunch averages 23.0%, ranging from 12.03% at Thorpe Creek to 39.79% at Harrison Parkway. Variation still exists. Lantern Road Elementary School has the highest elementary Math (81.16) but below-average ELA (56.52) and Science (56.6); Sand Creek Intermediate School has the lowest middle ELA (54.48); and Sand Creek Elementary School made the biggest jump, from #246 to #57. Per-student spending averages $11,719 and student-teacher ratios 16.6:1, but neither cleanly predicts results.

Ranking:
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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