Summary:
The 47802 ZIP code covers 11 schools serving roughly 4,982 students: five elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools and one alternative school. Ten of them belong to Vigo County School Corp, which carries a 1-star district rating, while Excel Center of West Central Indiana operates as its own district. Blank or suppressed values are treated as unknown, not as zero.
Honey Creek Middle School is the clear academic standout — 88th percentile with 4 stars, at 55.97% ELA and 51.78% math proficiency. Dixie Bee Elementary School follows at the 76th percentile with 4 stars, including 61.25% math and 59.78% science. Terre Haute South Vigo High School is the strongest traditional high school, at the 56th percentile with 3 stars, 52.31% SAT reading and writing, and an 85.6% graduation rate. The spread is dramatic: Sarah Scott Middle School, in the same district, sits at the 7th percentile with 12.11% ELA and 6.83% math, and Farrington Grove Elementary School ranks at the 6th percentile.
Chronic absenteeism averages about 32.9% across the ten reporting schools, far above the state's 16.7%; only Hoosier Prairie Elementary School (11.0%) and Dixie Bee (12.7%) fall below it, while Vigo Virtual School Academy (54.4%), Booker T. Washington Alt School (51.8%), Sarah Scott (44.3%) and Terre Haute South (42.0%) run far higher. Spending does not track results: Booker T. Washington spends the most at $26,361 per student yet earns 0 stars, while Dixie Bee spends $9,128 and earns 4. Excel Center reports a 4.7% graduation rate.
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