Eastwood Elementary School

Eastwood Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Elkhart, Indiana, run under Elkhart Community Schools, with 428 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Elkhart Community Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 10,640 students; Eastwood Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Eastwood Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Eastwood Elementary School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Eastwood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 45% 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), Eastwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.8%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -12.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Elkhart County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Elkhart County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), of which Eastwood Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pinewood Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastwood Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 28.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 438 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 11% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.