Summary:
East Washington School Corp in Indiana contains a single middle school — East Washington Middle School in Pekin, IN — which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 418 students. The district as a whole ranks 187th of 374 in Indiana, placing it at the 50th percentile with 3 stars.
Because there is only one middle school here, there are no peer comparisons within the district, but the school's own results show a mixed picture. Its clearest strength is 5th grade Social Studies at 56.25% proficient, which is 9.05 percentage points above the state's 47.2% and a sharp jump from 39.05% the year before. Science also improved substantially, rising 11.14 points from 23.91% to 35.05% across all grades, though it still trails the state. In contrast, middle-grade Math is the biggest concern: 8th grade Math sits at 22.58% (11.62 points below the state) and 6th grade Math at 27.84% (12.36 points below). 8th grade ELA is 33.33%, 10.67 points below the state, and ELA proficiency slides from 39.58% in 5th grade down to 33.33% in 8th. Overall, the school falls below the district in Math, ELA, and Science, with the widest gap in Math.
Two contextual factors stand out for families. First, the school's ranking slipped from 65th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 43rd percentile with 2 stars in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, putting it below the district's 50th percentile, 3-star standing. Second, chronic absenteeism is 25.9% — slightly better than the district's 26.3% but 9.2 points above the state's 16.7%, meaning more than one in four students misses school chronically. Other context: a 13.9-to-1 student-teacher ratio, 39% free/reduced lunch, and $9,515 per-student spending in 2023–2024. The clearest priorities are 6th and 8th grade Math, 7th and 8th grade ELA, and attendance support.
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