Eastbrook South Elementary

Eastbrook South Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus in Upland, Indiana, run under Eastbrook Community Sch Corp. The school serves 336 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Eastbrook South Elementary sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Eastbrook Community Sch Corp (1,579 students total), Eastbrook South Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Eastbrook South Elementary lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 44% of students at Eastbrook South Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastbrook South Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 43.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Grant County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,522 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Grant County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,743 students), Eastbrook South Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Eastbrook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eastbrook South Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastbrook South Elementary has ticked down 31%, going from 489 students in 2018 to 336 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.