The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Social studies. The lowest is 39% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eastwood Middle School
Eastwood Middle School is a regular public school serving grades six through eight in Indianapolis, part of the MSD Washington Township district. The school operates in the northern part of the city, in a community with a mix of residential neighborhoods.
Academically, Eastwood’s performance on the state ILEARN assessments shows a mixed picture. In English language arts, roughly half of students met proficiency standards. In math, a smaller share reached that bar. Science proficiency was lower still. The most recently available social studies data comes from a different state test administered several years ago, so it offers an outdated snapshot rather than a current measure. When compared with other schools across Marion County, Eastwood’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quarter of districts. That relative strength is a meaningful signal families may want to weigh against the absolute proficiency rates, which leave room for growth.
The student body is diverse. Black students make up the largest racial group, followed by white and Hispanic students, with smaller shares of Asian and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the school’s reporting; a parent may wish to ask the school directly about the level of special education services and language support.
The school is located in a community with a median home value around the national average. Rents are moderate relative to local incomes, and housing costs have been rising modestly.
Families should be aware of recent district-level changes that affect the broader Washington Township system. An elementary school in the district was permanently closed before the 2025-2026 school year due to declining enrollment and budget pressures, with its students consolidated into a nearby elementary school that now also hosts the district’s dual language immersion program. This redistribution may alter feeder patterns into Eastwood from those attendance areas. Additionally, the district placed a referendum on the November 2024 ballot citing fiscal health, though the outcome was not confirmed from publicly available sources. A referendum result has direct implications for district funding, programming, and property taxes, and residents may want to verify the current status with the district.
Eastwood itself is a mid-sized middle school for its grade band, with students spread fairly evenly across grades six through eight. The school operates as a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation. Information on course offerings, extracurricular programs, discipline rates, and staffing was not provided in the available data, so a family researching the school would benefit from visiting the website or contacting the school directly to learn about electives, clubs, and support structures.
For a family choosing a middle school within Marion County, Eastwood offers a school that, by a composite measure, performs above most of its county peers, set within a large, diverse urban district that is undergoing enrollment and financial adjustments. The school’s proficiency results suggest that while many students are meeting benchmarks in core subjects, there is significant variation, and a parent may want to examine how different student groups are performing. The broader district context—the elementary consolidation and the referendum—are recent developments worth understanding, as they may affect class sizes, resources, and the school’s longer-term trajectory.
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