Summary:
ZIP code 46038 has four middle schools — two grades 5–6 intermediate schools and two grades 7–8 junior highs — all part of Hamilton Southeastern Schools, a district ranked 6th of 374 Indiana districts (98th percentile, 5 stars). Together the four schools enroll 3,428 students, with individual enrollments ranging from 812 to 891. Because the schools serve two different grade bands, the fairest comparisons are intermediate-to-intermediate and junior high-to-junior high.
Riverside Junior High is the clear academic standout: ranked 7th of 486 in 2025–2026 (99th percentile, 5 stars), up from 31st of 491 two years earlier. It posts the lowest chronic absenteeism at 3.7% and the highest ELA All Grades score at 68.02%, including 8th grade ELA at 72.55% versus the district's 69.12% and the state's 44%. Fishers Junior High School is the most improved, climbing from 41st to 28th to 18th of 486 and earning 5 stars, though it has the group's highest absenteeism (7.5%) and free/reduced lunch rate (29.64%). Among the intermediates, Riverside Intermediate School is the largest (891 students) with 4.8% absenteeism and strong 6th grade Math at 65.5%, while Sand Creek Intermediate School is the smallest (812) with the lowest per-pupil spending ($10,889) and the lowest 2025–2026 results in the group.
Chronic absenteeism is a shared strength: all four schools sit below the district's 7.3% and far below the state's 16.7%. The junior highs are trending upward year over year — Fishers Junior High's ELA rose from 54.68% to 61.09%, and Riverside Junior High's from 63.16% to 68.02%. The intermediates were more mixed, with Sand Creek's Science dropping from 64.93% to 55.56% but its 5th grade Social Studies rising from 51.1% to 65.31%. Riverside Intermediate and Riverside Junior High form a strong consecutive-grade pathway, and even the lowest-scoring school here remains well above state averages.
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