Eastern Pulaski Elementary School

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Winamac, Indiana, Eastern Pulaski Elementary School instructs 473 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Eastern Pulaski Community Sch Corp.

Eastern Pulaski Community Sch Corp runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,057 students. Eastern Pulaski Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eastern Pulaski Elementary School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eastern Pulaski Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 39.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pulaski County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,792 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Pulaski County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,684 students), of which Eastern Pulaski Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Winamac Community Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eastern Pulaski Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastern Pulaski Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastern Pulaski Elementary School has ticked down 24%, going from 620 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 93% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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