Best Public Schools in Winamac, IN

Winamac, Indiana, is a small community served by three public schools in the Eastern Pulaski Community School Corp: Eastern Pulaski Elementary School (PK–5), Winamac Community Middle School (6–8), and Winamac Community High School (9–12), with 1,057 students total. The district ranks 125 of 374 in Indiana, in the 67th percentile with 3 stars. All three schools earned 3 stars in 2025–26, though individual rank percentiles range from 52nd to 69th.

The middle school is the strongest academic performer, at 150 of 486, 69th percentile, 3 stars. Its 7th- and 8th-grade ELA is above state (57.14% vs. 41.7% and 63.22% vs. 44%), and math is above state in all three tested grades; however, 6th-grade ELA and science are below state. The elementary school has the best attendance: 4.9% chronic absenteeism vs. the district’s 8.8% and state’s 16.7%. Its 3rd-grade math and 4th-grade ELA/math are above state, but 5th-grade ELA, math, and social studies lag, especially social studies at 30.26% vs. 47.2%. The high school has a 100% graduation rate vs. 89.7% statewide and biology improved from 40.43% to 49.28%, but chronic absenteeism is 15.1% and SAT ERW is 39.13% vs. 51.9%.

Rank trends have slipped for the middle and high schools: the middle school moved from 80th percentile/4 stars in 2023–24 to 69th/3 stars in 2025–26, and the high school fell from 76th/4 stars to 52nd/3 stars while SAT ERW dropped from 49.4% to 39.13% and SAT Math from 30.12% to 23.19%. The elementary school fluctuated from 65th/3 stars to 48th/2 stars to 59th/3 stars. Spending and staffing do not show a simple link to outcomes: the middle school has the highest per-student spending ($13,081) and highest current rank percentile, while the high school has the lowest spending ($12,347) and smallest student-teacher ratio (11.1) but the lowest rank percentile. Weighted free/reduced lunch is about 51.5%, and weighted per-student spending is about $12,700. Parents should weigh the high school’s strong graduation outcome against its attendance and SAT challenges, the middle school’s strong ELA/math against uneven 6th grade, and the elementary’s excellent attendance against its 5th-grade dip.