Summary:
PLA at George H Fisher School 93 is the only elementary school serving this area — a single K–6 campus with 417 students at 7151 E 35th St in Indianapolis — and it also functions as its own PLA at George H Fisher School 93 district, so there are no other local schools to compare it against. Every comparison here is against statewide benchmarks.
Math is the school's strongest subject, and 6th grade math (39.62% proficient) sits essentially at state parity (40.2%) — the narrowest gap anywhere in the data. Science is the weakest by a wide margin: 15.46% across all grades, with 4th grade at 15.91% versus a state figure of 43.8% and 6th grade at 15.09% versus 41.2%. ELA comes in at 23.72% overall, and 3rd grade reading (16.39% vs. 40.8% statewide) is the single largest deficit. The encouraging news is that every subject improved year over year: ELA up 5.3 points, math up 6.1, science up 7.7 (nearly doubling), and 5th grade social studies up 10.4 (more than doubling). Even so, the school ranks 766th of 1,015 statewide with a 1-star rating — still the bottom quartile.
Two factors stand out for families. First, 37.1% of students are chronically absent, more than double the state rate of 16.7%, which affects how much instruction students actually receive. Second, resources look relatively generous: $17,100 per student and an 11.5-to-1 student–teacher ratio, with 74.34% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. In short, this is a high-poverty, well-staffed school making measurable progress from a low starting point, with science, early reading, and attendance as the areas to watch most closely.
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