Summary:
ZIP code 47165 in Pekin, Indiana is served by a single high school, Eastern High School, which enrolls 392 students in grades 9–12 as part of East Washington School Corp. Because it is the only high school in the area, its results represent the entire local high school picture, and the most meaningful comparisons are against its own prior years, its district, and the state.
The school's clearest strength is graduation: Eastern High School graduates 90.4% of students, above Indiana's 89.7% and matching the district figure. Test proficiency, however, is a mixed and recently declining story. In 2024–2025, SAT English (ERW) proficiency was 53.68% — only slightly below the state's 54.5% — and SAT Mathematics was 22.11%, close to the state's 25.4%. In 2025–2026, both fell sharply: SAT ERW dropped to 31.25% (state: 51.9%) and SAT Math fell to 7.5% (state: 25.6%). The one bright spot is Biology ILEARN, which rose from 27.08% to 37.14% proficient, though still below the state's 45.6% in 2024–2025.
Chronic absenteeism is the biggest concern: 35.4% of students are chronically absent, well above the district's 26.3% and more than double the state's 16.7%. The school's rank also slipped from 220th of 429 (49th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025 to 315th of 415 (24th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, even as East Washington School Corp sits at the 50th percentile with 3 stars. Context: $11,945 per student, a 13:1 student-teacher ratio, and 29.34% free/reduced lunch.
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