Best Public Schools in Winslow, IN

Winslow, Indiana is a small town in Pike County where the entire local public school footprint is a single school: Winslow Elementary School, a PK–5 building at 301 E Porter St serving 268 students as part of Pike County School Corp. There is no middle school, high school, or alternative school in the city, so families here attend Winslow Elementary for the early grades and then move elsewhere in the district after 5th grade. The district itself ranks 231st of 374 in Indiana — 38th percentile, 2 stars.

Attendance is the school's strongest standout. Chronic absenteeism in 2024-25 was 11.3% at Winslow Elementary, versus 19.4% in its district and 16.7% statewide — roughly 40% lower than its own district — even though 58.96% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Math is a clear relative strength: all-grades math proficiency of 46.9% runs 9.8 points above the district's 37.06%, and 5th grade math (45.95%) beats both the district (38.89%) and the state (42%). The school also outranks its own district, sitting at the 46th percentile (544 of 1,015) in 2025-26 versus the district's 38th percentile. Class sizes are favorable at 11.1 students per teacher, and per-student spending was $13,807 in 2023-24.

Growth edges are concentrated and identifiable. Fifth-grade ELA, at 27.03%, is the only figure below its own district (31.78%) and trails the state's 42.2% by more than 15 points — while the same cohort posts above-state results in math (45.95% vs. 42%) and social studies (48.65% vs. 47.2%). Third-grade math (41.94%) is 4.4 points below the district and 10 points below the state, the only grade band where the school loses to its district in math. All-grades science (37.78%) is the only subject trailing the district overall (39.19%). Year over year, ELA, math, and science all softened, matching a slip from 3 stars back to 2. With roughly 31–45 tested students per grade, a single student moves results by about 2.5–3 points, so small swings should be read with caution.