East Pike El Sch

East Pike El Sch is an average-sized primary school in Indiana, Pennsylvania, part of Indiana Area SD. The school caters to 445 students in grades pre-K through 3.

Indiana Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,803 students; East Pike El Sch is among them.

On demographics, East Pike El Sch shows that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Indiana County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Indiana County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Pike El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.8%.

In the surrounding community, Indiana County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,208, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Indiana County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students), East Pike El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Horace Mann El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Pike El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window.

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