Pinewood Elementary School

Pinewood Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in Elkhart, Indiana, run under Elkhart Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 503 students spanning grades K through 6.

Pinewood Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Elkhart Community Schools, a district that enrolls 10,640 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pinewood Elementary School lists that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% White, 12% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Elkhart County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pinewood Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Pinewood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at Pinewood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Pinewood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 29.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Elkhart County put median household income runs about $68,561, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Elkhart County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), of which Pinewood Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Riverview Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pinewood Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 724 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 56% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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