East Elementary School

East Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school in Portland, Indiana, part of Jay School Corporation. The school caters to 395 students in grades K through 2.

East Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Jay School Corporation, a district that serves 2,950 students overall.

Looking at the student body, East Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest reads as 14% Hispanic. By comparison, Jay County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting East Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at East Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jay County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Jay County reports that median household income runs about $54,969, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. East Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Jay County (combined enrollment of about 2,950 students).

The closest other public school is East Jay Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

East Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. East Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 26% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 395). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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