East Crawford Elementary School

East Crawford Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in Milltown, Indiana, part of Crawford County Community Sch Corp, with 233 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 47% leaner than typical.

Within Crawford County Community Sch Corp, which oversees 6 schools and 1,235 students, East Crawford Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, East Crawford Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). Compared to Crawford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, East Crawford Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting East Crawford Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Crawford Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.6%; East Crawford Elementary School posts 55.2%, +21.5 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Crawford County indicate median household income runs about $49,640, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. East Crawford Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Crawford County (combined enrollment of about 1,235 students).

Nearest neighbor: Crawford County Middle School, around 3.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, East Crawford Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Crawford Elementary School has decreased 19%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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