East Washington Elementary School

East Washington Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Pekin, Indiana, run under East Washington School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 506 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

East Washington School Corp runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,316 students. East Washington Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, East Washington Elementary School records that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest consists of 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting East Washington Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, East Washington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $64,641 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Washington County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,847 students), East Washington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Eastern High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Washington Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

East Washington Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Washington Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 514 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.