The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Creston Intermediate & Middle Schl
Creston Intermediate & Middle School serves grades five through eight and is part of MSD Warren Township on the east side of Indianapolis. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. The enrollment is large for its grade band, and the school operates as a standalone intermediate and middle school within a single building.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a significant Hispanic population and a smaller share of white students and students who identify as two or more races. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a community with considerable economic need. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the provided materials, a gap a parent may want to explore directly with the school.
On the 2024-25 ILEARN state assessments, Creston’s overall proficiency rate across tested subjects placed it below the midpoint among the nearly seventy districts in Marion County that had reported data. Proficiency rates in math, English language arts, science, and social studies were each in the teens or low twenties, meaning that a large majority of students scored below the state’s proficient threshold. The share of students at or above proficiency was lower than what the median district in the county recorded. There was no multi-year trend data available to show whether these scores represent a change from prior years.
Because Creston ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. For a parent considering the full pathway through MSD Warren Township, the district’s high schools would be the next step, and their outcomes are a separate matter not covered here.
Housing in the area around the school has a median value that is above the Indiana statewide figure but below the national median. Rents have been rising more sharply than the national average over the past year. A mortgage on a typical home in the zip code would cost less than renting a comparable place, though that gap depends on current interest rates. The unemployment rate nationally has been stable in the mid-single digits, and real median household income nationally has edged up in recent years; local economic figures for the immediate neighborhood were not provided.
The district’s strategic priorities and recent changes were not surfaced in the research that was conducted, so that context is absent from this account.
For a family choosing a school, Creston Intermediate & Middle School serves a large, diverse student population in a community with above-average poverty. The academic performance data shows that most students are not reaching state proficiency benchmarks in core subjects, a pattern that holds across math, reading, science, and social studies. A parent may want to investigate what academic interventions, supports, or program offerings the school has in place, as this information was not available from the assessment data alone. The school is not test-optional in any sense for these grades, and participation rates on the exams were high, so the proficiency figures reflect nearly all enrolled students.
The school sits within a large urban county with many district options. Against that field, its results place it in the lower half. Whether Creston is a good fit depends on what a family values in terms of academic programming, support services, and the peer environment. The data here gives a clear picture of where the school stands on state measures, but many details about day-to-day school life, program breadth, and student support structures are not captured in the available metrics.
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