Summary:
There are two elementary schools serving zip code 47804: Ouabache Elementary School, serving grades PK-5, and Deming Early Learning Center, serving grades PK-3. Both schools are part of the Vigo County School Corp.
Both Ouabache Elementary School and Deming Early Learning Center are experiencing significant challenges with chronic absenteeism, with both reporting a rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year. Academically, Ouabache Elementary School's test scores in English Language Arts and Math are consistently below the district and state averages. For instance, in the 2024-2025 school year, Ouabache's proficiency rates were 20% in ELA and 22.29% in Math, compared to the Vigo County School Corp averages of 31.21% and 33.32% respectively. This suggests a need for targeted academic support at Ouabache. Deming Early Learning Center's test score data is less complete, but its statewide ranking history indicates consistently low performance.
Socioeconomic factors appear to play a role in the student populations of these schools, with Ouabache Elementary School serving a higher percentage of students from low-income backgrounds (80.93% free/reduced lunch) compared to Deming Early Learning Center (65.57%). Interestingly, Deming Early Learning Center has a higher spending per student ($11,591) than Ouabache Elementary School ($10,063), and a slightly more favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.8 compared to Ouabache's 13.9. The overall performance of the Vigo County School Corp, ranked 257 out of 380 Indiana districts with a 2-star rating, suggests that the challenges faced by these elementary schools may be part of a broader district-wide issue.
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