Eastwood Elem School

Set in East Alton, Illinois, Eastwood Elem School is a mid-tier K-5 school, run under East Alton SD 13. It hosts 393 students across grades K through 5.

Eastwood Elem School is one of 3 schools operated by East Alton SD 13, a district that serves 716 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Eastwood Elem School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 17% Black, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Eastwood Elem School logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Eastwood Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Eastwood Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Eastwood Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.9%; actual is 24.1%, a gap of -23.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,793, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Eastwood Elem School is one of 84 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students).

The closest other public school is East Alton Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eastwood Elem School. On composite proficiency, Eastwood Elem School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Eastwood Elem School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 85% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.