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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at East Side Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURGH COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180324000421
East Side Elementary School
810 E Main Cross St, Edinburgh, IN 46124 · (812) 526-9771 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
235 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Edinburgh Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
28.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like East Side Elementary School
East Side Elementary School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Side Elementary School this school | 382 | 61.5% | 29.7% |
| Culver Elementary School Culver | 386 | 61.1% | 48.6% |
| Mentone Elementary School Mentone | 384 | 59.4% | 45.2% |
| Pipe Creek Elementary School Peru | 363 | 62.5% | N/A |
| East Elementary School Portland | 395 | 64.8% | N/A |
| George M Riddle Elementary School Rochester | 348 | 64.4% | 40.1% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where East Side Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #719 of 983 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #783 of 986 | #23 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #714 of 986 | #23 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #653 of 1,079 | #19 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #330 of 991 | #4 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #683 of 996 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #326 of 1,058 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #311 of 597 | #7 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
382
-38 (-9%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 382 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 62% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 64% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 75% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 69% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 71% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 69% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 67% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 43% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 29 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Side Elementary School.
About East Side Elementary School
East Side Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Edinburgh, Indiana. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 382 students.
The 3 schools in Edinburgh Community School Corp enroll 793 students altogether, East Side Elementary School among them.
The share of White students at East Side Elementary School is 85%. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Johnson County overall, the White share is about 85%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, East Side Elementary School scores 27%.
The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 62% of the student body. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Johnson County, the school's rate is higher.
East Side Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, East Side Elementary School would score about 32.0%. It scores 29.7%, 2.3 points below that figure.
Johnson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,454, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. East Side Elementary School shares Johnson County with 39 other public schools.
East Side Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Edinburgh Comm Middle School, its nearest public school. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. East Side Elementary School's average proficiency of 29.7% compares with 35.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place East Side Elementary School in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 420 in 2020-21 to 382 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,315
Census ACS
Median income
$90,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edinburgh Community School Corp
- Edinburgh Community High SchoolHigh · 232 students
- Edinburgh Comm Middle SchoolMiddle · 179 students
Other schools in Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Community High SchoolHigh · 232 students
- Edinburgh Comm Middle SchoolMiddle · 179 students
Other East Side Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named East Side Elementary. East Side Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 13.
- East Side Elementary SchoolBrazil, IN · 209 students
- East Side Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 1,072 students
- East Side Elementary SchoolJACKSONVILLE, TX · 623 students
- EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMAGNOLIA, AR · 570 students
- East Side Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Edinburgh Comm Middle School0.8 mi · 179
- Edinburgh Community High School0.9 mi · 232
- Taylorsville Elementary School4.0 mi · 580
- Southwestern High School8.2 mi · 264
- Southwestern Elementary School8.3 mi · 405
- Parkside Elementary School8.3 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About East Side Elementary SchoolHow many students attend East Side Elementary School?
East Side Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-05.
Is East Side Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
East Side Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does East Side Elementary School have?
East Side Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Side Elementary School?
At East Side Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is East Side Elementary School public or private?
East Side Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edinburgh Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.