Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Hamilton Southeastern Schools is the school district for students residing in Fishers, Indiana and portions of neighboring Noblesville, Indiana. 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 Schools (HSES) | |
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Location | |
United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | K-12 |
Interim Superintendent | Dr. Matt Kegley |
Students and staff | |
Students | 21,599 (2018-19) |
Teachers | 1,304 (2016-17) |
Staff | 1,417 |
Colors | See School list below |
Other information | |
Graduation Rate: | 97.1% (2017-18) |
2016 Graduates | 1,374 |
Website | Official website |
Hamilton Southeastern is the fastest growing school corporation in Indiana with 17,140 students in the 2008-09 school year increasing from 10,716 in 2002. Hamilton Southeastern is the 4th largest school district in Indiana. 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. Geist Elementary School was named a 2016 Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education, an award only given to 329 schools nationally. 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. Currently the school district is in a lawsuit allegedly over not preventing bullying of one of the students that resulted in a suicide.