Schools · Clay

Clay, IN schools

Clay’s public schools score well above Indiana’s averages: 54% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Mill Creek West Elementary through grade 5, then Cascade Middle School and Cascade Senior High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade

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Clay’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Clay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scoresCGraduation

Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 80%

Lower resultsHigher results

Indiana towns with similar household incomes (691)Better than 70%

Towns in Hendricks County (12)Better than 0%

High confidence. Built on 819 tested students and a graduating class of 103; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Clay kids go to school

Grades K–5

A-Mill Creek West Elementary 344 students · Amo Mill Creek Community School Corporation

Grades 6–8

BCascade Middle School 332 students · Clayton Mill Creek Community School Corporation

Grades 9–12

ACascade Senior High School 537 students · Clayton Mill Creek Community School Corporation

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Mill Creek Community School Corporation)54%

State average 42.6%

Math (grades K–12, Mill Creek Community School Corporation)47%

State average 35.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

IN: 90.9%

Graduating class

103

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Clay

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Mill Creek Community School CorporationGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,572 students

$12,613 per studentIN $13,688A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Clay

There’s no college in Clay, but 13 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is DePauw University in Greencastle, 13.3 miles away.

DePauw UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greencastle13.3 mi1,819 students

Aviation Institute of Maintenance-IndianapolisCareer school · For-profit · Indianapolis18 mi160 students

MyComputerCareer at IndianapolisCareer school · For-profit · Indianapolis19.5 mi39 students

Marian UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Indianapolis23.6 mi2,979 students

Lincoln College of Technology-IndianapolisCareer school · For-profit · Indianapolis23.9 mi1,004 students

Indiana University-IndianapolisUniversity or college · Public · Indianapolis24.4 mi22,343 students

Christian Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Indianapolis25.3 mi133 students

Ivy Tech Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Indianapolis25.6 mi84,289 students University of IndianapolisUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Indianapolis25.8 mi4,718 students Butler UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Indianapolis25.8 mi5,087 students

3 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Clay. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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