Carmel Clay Schools

Summary:

The Carmel Clay Schools district in Indiana is home to 15 exceptional schools, including 11 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 1 high school. This highly-ranked district, 7th out of 381 in the state, is known for its commitment to academic excellence, with multiple schools among the top performers in Indiana.

Within the district, a few schools stand out as true standouts. Creekside Middle School is ranked 1st out of 485 Indiana middle schools, boasting 5 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars and exceptional test scores, with over 78% of students proficient in English Language Arts and Math. At the elementary level, College Wood Elementary and West Clay Elementary are both ranked in the top 5 out of 1,010 Indiana elementary schools, with similarly high proficiency rates.

The Carmel Clay district as a whole demonstrates consistently high academic performance, with the Carmel High School boasting a 98.4% 4-year graduation rate and students scoring well above state averages on standardized tests. While there is some socioeconomic diversity within the district, with free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 4% to 23%, the schools maintain a strong commitment to equity and resource allocation to meet the needs of all students.

District Detail

5201 E Main St
Carmel, IN 46033

(317) 844-9961

SchoolDigger Rank:
6^th of 381 Indiana districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 16,072

Primary Schools: 11
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2024)							ILEARN Math (2024)							ILEARN Social Studies (2024)	ILEARN Biology (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Smoky Row Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	900 W 136th St	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 571-4084	675	42	16.0	7.1%	474 (70.2%)	31 (4.6%)	22 (3.3%)	118 (17.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.9%)	96.1	16^th of 1010 public elementary schools	98.4%		96.1	20^th of 1016 public elementary schools	98.0%	4			58.8	83.3	69.0				71.8	81.4	84.1	76.0				80.9	77.0		$10,275	$247	$10,028
Carmel Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 S Richland Ave	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 844-0168	624	42	14.7	22.1%	463 (74.2%)	31 (5.0%)	34 (5.4%)	54 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.6%)	84	139^th of 1010 public elementary schools	86.2%		87.2	95^th of 1016 public elementary schools	90.6%	44			46.6	65.6	49.0				54.1	69.8	73.8	60.0				68.3	54.0		$11,145	$734	$10,411
Carmel High School	Public	9-12	520 E Main St	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 846-7721	5,192	292	17.8	13.2%	3,536 (68.1%)	221 (4.3%)	325 (6.3%)	871 (16.8%)	6 (0.1%)	9 (0.2%)	224 (4.3%)	95.7	5^th of 431 public high schools	98.8%		96.7	6^th of 398 public high schools	98.5%	1	84.7	64.0																72.8	$10,687	$243	$10,444
Carmel Middle School	Public	6-8	300 S Guilford Rd	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 846-7331	1,064	76	14.0	19.5%	762 (71.6%)	60 (5.6%)	72 (6.8%)	105 (9.9%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (5.7%)	92.8	29^th of 485 public middle schools	94.0%		93.6	20^th of 489 public middle schools	95.9%	9						61.0	69.2	67.5	65.8				53.1	60.1	50.8	54.4			$12,610	$134	$12,476
Clay Middle School	Public	6-8	5150 E 126th St	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 844-7251	1,423	80	17.8	14.3%	1,055 (74.1%)	54 (3.8%)	100 (7.0%)	158 (11.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (3.8%)	96.5	7^th of 485 public middle schools	98.6%		94.4	16^th of 489 public middle schools	96.7%	9						64.7	64.6	70.0	66.3				67.7	64.3	65.3	65.7			$10,219	$286	$9,932
College Wood Elementary School	Public	K-5	12415 Shelborne Rd	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 733-6430	644	36	17.8	4.8%	364 (56.5%)	22 (3.4%)	15 (2.3%)	222 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.3%)	98.2	5^th of 1010 public elementary schools	99.5%		98	3^rd of 1016 public elementary schools	99.7%	2			80.3	77.6	77.5				78.5	85.5	87.9	79.8				84.3	77.5		$10,252	$397	$9,856
Mohawk Trails Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4242 E 126th St	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 844-1158	585	40	14.8	16.4%	466 (79.7%)	19 (3.2%)	54 (9.2%)	28 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.6%)	87.8	102^nd of 1010 public elementary schools	89.9%		86.6	103^rd of 1016 public elementary schools	89.9%	1			54.6	67.4	76.6				66.6	56.6	64.3	65.8				62.3	69.4		$10,396	$559	$9,837
Woodbrook Elementary School	Public	K-5	4311 E 116th St	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 846-4225	595	40	14.9	13.3%	450 (75.6%)	39 (6.6%)	23 (3.9%)	45 (7.6%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.5%)	85.6	117^th of 1010 public elementary schools	88.4%		88.2	82^nd of 1016 public elementary schools	91.9%	35			54.6	68.1	52.8				58.1	72.2	77.7	49.5				65.8	57.0		$11,534	$493	$11,040
Prairie Trace Elementary School	Public	K-5	14200 N River Rd	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 571-7925	697	40	17.4	9.5%	458 (65.7%)	18 (2.6%)	44 (6.3%)	153 (22.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.9%)	97.9	7^th of 1010 public elementary schools	99.3%		96.6	15^th of 1016 public elementary schools	98.5%	8			82.2	80.5	79.1				80.6	87.3	80.5	75.2				81.2	82.9		$9,956	$229	$9,727
Towne Meadow Elementary School	Public	K-5	10850 Towne Rd	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 733-2645	586	35	16.6	9.7%	377 (64.3%)	25 (4.3%)	26 (4.4%)	122 (20.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (5.8%)	94.5	34^th of 1010 public elementary schools	96.6%		96.3	17^th of 1016 public elementary schools	98.3%	17			74.4	61.8	72.7				69.2	80.2	71.6	76.1				75.7	75.0		$10,676	$385	$10,291
Creekside Middle School	Public	6-8	3525 W 126th St	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 733-6420	1,349	77	17.6	7.9%	782 (58.0%)	56 (4.2%)	57 (4.2%)	369 (27.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (6.2%)	99.3	1^st of 485 public middle schools	99.8%		99.5	1^st of 489 public middle schools	99.8%							72.8	82.7	81.5	78.9				77.4	81.2	75.5	78.0			$10,042	$220	$9,822
Forest Dale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10721 Lakeshore Dr W	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 844-4948	652	43	15.3	22.5%	484 (74.2%)	35 (5.4%)	62 (9.5%)	42 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.3%)	87.2	103^rd of 1010 public elementary schools	89.8%		84.6	133^rd of 1016 public elementary schools	86.9%	30			55.3	59.2	63.5				59.3	66.0	64.1	63.5				64.6	67.7		$11,275	$474	$10,801
West Clay Elementary School	Public	K-5	3495 W 126 St	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 733-6500	599	38	15.9	4.2%	328 (54.8%)	21 (3.5%)	11 (1.8%)	209 (34.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.7%)	98.3	4^th of 1010 public elementary schools	99.6%		98	4^th of 1016 public elementary schools	99.6%				80.0	74.3	82.4				79.0	90.5	82.3	83.2				85.1	80.8		$9,903	$216	$9,687
Cherry Tree Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13989 Hazel Dell Parkway	Carmel	46033	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 846-3086	697	44	15.7	12.3%	588 (84.4%)	9 (1.3%)	43 (6.2%)	29 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.6%)	94	40^th of 1010 public elementary schools	96.0%		93.9	38^th of 1016 public elementary schools	96.3%	2			68.0	63.4	64.1				65.2	86.4	72.4	68.4				75.9	72.7		$10,390	$220	$10,170
Clay Center Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12025 Clay Center Rd	Carmel	46032	Hamilton County	Carmel Clay Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(317) 733-6450	690	45	15.4	15.4%	502 (72.8%)	21 (3.0%)	36 (5.2%)	88 (12.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.1%)	95.1	27^th of 1010 public elementary schools	97.3%		95	27^th of 1016 public elementary schools	97.3%				63.7	69.2	72.0				68.1	78.2	76.9	76.6				77.3	72.0		$11,366	$290	$11,075

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Westfield-Washington Schools	2.27 mi	10	9^th
Options Charter Schools	2.52 mi	3	318^th
Indiana Agriculture and Technology	3.47 mi	1	330^th
Zionsville Community Schools	4.04 mi	9	5^th
MSD Washington Township	4.8 mi	14	206^th

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