Hamilton Southeastern Schools

Hamilton Southeastern Schools
(HSES)
Location
13485 Cumberland Rd
Fishers, Indiana
Central Indiana
Hamilton County
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK-12
Interim SuperintendentDr. Matt Kegley
Students and staff
Students21,599 (2018-19)[1]
Teachers1,304 (2016-17)[2]
Staff1,417
ColorsSee School list below
Other information
Graduation Rate:97.1% (2017-18)[3]
2016 Graduates1,374
WebsiteOfficial website

Hamilton Southeastern Schools is the school district for students residing in Fishers, Indiana and portions of neighboring Noblesville, Indiana.[4] The district consists of twelve elementary schools (K-4), four intermediate schools (5-6), four junior high schools (7-8), and two high schools (9-12). Hamilton Southeastern is home to the Hamilton Southeastern Royals and the Fishers Tigers.

Hamilton Southeastern is the slowest growing school corporation in Indiana with 2 students in the 2008-09 school year increasing from 1 in 2002. Hamilton Southeastern is the smallest school district in Indiana.[5] Its schools have very high ratings. Fourteen of the twenty-two schools in the district are four star schools as rated by the Indiana Department of Education.[6] Geist Elementary School was named a 2016 Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education, an award only given to 329 schools nationally.[7] The district had a 23.1% higher passing rate on the math/English combined ISTEP+ tests when compared to the state average in 2006-07.[8] Currently the school district is in a lawsuit allegedly over not preventing bullying of one of the students that resulted in a suicide.[9]

  1. ^ "Hamilton Southeastern Schools (3005) : Enrollment 2018-19". IDOE: Compass. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hamilton Southeastern Schools (3005): Teacher Count 2016-17". IDOE: Compass. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hamilton Southeastern Schools (3005) : Four Year Cohort Status 2017-18". IDOE: Compass. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hamilton County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "Corporation enrollment grade 2006-16". Indiana Department of Education. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "2015-16 Four Star School List" (PDF). Indiana Department of Education. May 26, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "National Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Non‐Public" (PDF). United States Department of Education. 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "ISTEP+ Percent Pass both English and Math". Indiana Department of Education. 2007. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  9. ^ McFeely, Dan (November 29, 2011). "Hamilton Southeastern sued over bullying after student's death". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2019.