Eastside Elementary School, Anderson IN

Original Research by School Decision on Eastside Elementary School

Eastside Elementary School is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Anderson, Indiana, part of the Anderson Community School Corp district. The school sits in a mid-sized city with a manufacturing heritage—historically home to Delco Remy and Fisher Guide—that has since diversified its economy. Anderson blends residential neighborhoods with a revitalizing downtown commercial district and an affordable housing market, factors that shape the community many Eastside families call home. The district itself has seen little in the way of major recent changes publicly reported, so families should expect a relatively stable administrative context.

The student body is moderately sized for an elementary school, with a majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a population where economic need is common. Racially, the school is predominantly white, with meaningful shares of Black students, students identifying as two or more races, Hispanic students, and a small Asian population. This mix gives Eastside a degree of diversity typical of a city like Anderson. The school does not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent interested in those specific supports may want to ask the school directly.

Academically, Eastside Elementary participates in Indiana’s ILEARN assessments for mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies. Proficiency rates across all tested subjects fell below a majority level, with a smaller share of students meeting state standards. That said, when compared against other districts in Madison County, the school’s overall proficiency index sat above the midpoint. This positions Eastside modestly better than several neighboring elementary schools within the county, a relative strength in a local context where many schools face similar challenges. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to consider, and data on attendance, discipline, and staffing were not available in the presented information. A parent may want to follow up with the school on those dimensions.

For families considering Eastside, the academic picture is one of a school that performs slightly better than the county median but still sees a substantial portion of students below proficient. The community context is an affordable, working-class city with cultural anchors downtown—a historic theater, museum, and library—and ongoing investment in housing and development. There is no information about specialized programs or enrichment offerings, so a parent with particular interests in gifted education, arts, or STEM might want to explore that directly with the school. On balance, Eastside Elementary offers a neighborhood school setting in a mid-sized industrial city, with academic outcomes that are above the midpoint for the county but where room for growth is also clear.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-836%

School 36% · District 19% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-833%

School 33% · District 19% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grades 3-831%

School 31% · District 20% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 16% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolAnderson Community School Corp, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income52%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income24%Higher-income42%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income30%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income47%Higher-income62%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income24%Higher-income42%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income28%4 pp gap