Eastwood Middle School

Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, Eastwood Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school, one of the schools within MSD Washington Township. It instructs 845 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 594.

Across the 14 schools in MSD Washington Township (11,560 students total), Eastwood Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Eastwood Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 37% Black, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the resource side, Eastwood Middle School lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Eastwood Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 43.2%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Eastwood Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Merle Sidener Academy 59 - a High Ability School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Eastwood Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Eastwood Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 836 (now 845). The White share of enrollment edged down from 49% to 41% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.