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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327000441
Pinewood Elementary School
3420 E Bristol St, Elkhart, IN 46514 · (574) 262-5595 · Elkhart County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
268 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
34.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pinewood Elementary School
Pinewood Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood Elementary School this school | 503 | 53.3% | 29.5% |
| Concord East Side Elementary Sch Elkhart | 545 | 53.9% | 51.6% |
| Riverview Elementary School Elkhart | 439 | 56.9% | 41.1% |
| Osolo Elementary School Elkhart | 452 | 57.7% | 20.3% |
| North Side Elementary School Union City | 526 | 53.2% | 20.3% |
| Elsie Wadsworth Elementary School Griffith | 477 | 55.1% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pinewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #724 of 983 | #27 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #691 of 986 | #25 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #691 of 986 | #23 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #372 of 1,079 | #8 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #880 of 991 | #34 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #154 of 996 | #6 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #517 of 1,058 | #23 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #64 of 597 | #3 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
503
-160 (-24%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 53% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 68% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 28.5 | 20.0:1 | 64% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 52% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 33 | 21.9:1 | 53% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 37 | 19.3:1 | 58% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 55% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 38% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 21 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinewood Elementary School.
About Pinewood Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Pinewood Elementary School serves students in Elkhart, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 503 students in kindergarten through 6.
Elkhart Community Schools has 19 schools; together they serve 10,640 students.
The largest group at Pinewood Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 44%. After that, the student body is 35% White, 12% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Elkhart County is about 20% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pinewood Elementary School scores 66%.
Teacher count: 28 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.0:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 2.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. The figure for public schools in Elkhart County is close, at 51%.
Pinewood Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Indiana public elementary schools.
In Indiana, Pinewood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.5% actual against a predicted 37.8%.
In Elkhart County, home to about 207,132 people, median household income comes to about $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,574, Pinewood Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Pinewood Elementary School is closest to Riverview Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Pinewood Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 24%, from 663 to 503. By 2024-25, the school had 18.0 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart Community Schools
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- North Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Roosevelt STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Mary Daly Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Other Pinewood Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 10 states are named Pinewood Elementary. Pinewood Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 17.
- Pinewood ElementaryMONTICELLO, MN · 794 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAGLE LAKE, FL · 740 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUART, FL · 658 students
- Pinewood ElementaryTimonium, MD · 598 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview Elementary School1.1 mi · 439
- Eastwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 428
- Osolo Elementary School1.8 mi · 452
- Beardsley Elementary School2.0 mi · 356
- Excel Center - Elkhart2.2 mi · 260
- Elkhart Alternative Education2.5 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Pinewood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pinewood Elementary School?
Pinewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Pinewood Elementary School serve?
Pinewood Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Pinewood Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Pinewood Elementary School.
How diverse is Pinewood Elementary School?
Pinewood Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 44% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pinewood Elementary School?
Pinewood Elementary School is overseen by Elkhart Community Schools in Elkhart County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.