Summary:
ZIP code 47803 in Terre Haute is served by a single district, Vigo County School Corp, and contains three public schools: two elementary schools serving grades PK–5 and one middle school serving grades 6–8. Together they enroll 1,798 students. There is no high school inside this ZIP, so families here transition to high school elsewhere. The district as a whole ranks 270 of 374 Indiana districts, at the 28th percentile with 1 star — which makes the differences among these three schools especially worth noting.
Lost Creek Elementary School is the standout. It is the only school here rated 4 stars in each of the last three years and ranked 259 of 1,015 elementary schools in 2025–26 (74th percentile). Its 2025–26 all-grade proficiency beats the district in ELA (47.77% vs. 31.23%), Math (56.68% vs. 33%), and Science (56.76% vs. 35.12%), and it exceeds the state in every reported grade-level subject. Its chronic absenteeism is 14.0%, below the district's 27.4% and the state's 16.7%. Its all-grade scores did slip from 2024–25, but it remains the strongest school in this group by a wide margin.
Woodrow Wilson Middle School improved to 252 of 486 middle schools (48th percentile) but still holds 2 stars, and its 30.0% chronic absenteeism is above both the district (27.4%) and the state (16.7%). Every reported grade-level subject is below the state average. Adelaide De Vaney Elementary School ranks 601 of 1,015 (41st percentile, 2 stars) and has the lowest absenteeism in the ZIP at 12.8%, with all-grade scores above district averages, though its grade-level scores trail the state. Spending is nearly identical at the two elementaries ($9,985 and $9,989), while Woodrow Wilson spends the most ($10,831) and has the smallest classes (12.9 students per teacher) — a reminder that spending and class size alone do not determine results.
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