East Elementary School

East Elementary School operates as a big elementary-level community in Pendleton, Indiana, operated by South Madison Com Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 687 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 58% above typical.

East Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by South Madison Com Sch Corp, a district that hosts 4,670 students overall.

On the student-mix side, East Elementary School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting East Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, East Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 56.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,037 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Madison County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,227 students), East Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pendleton Heights Middle School, around 3.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 778 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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