Summary:
ZIP code 47807 in Terre Haute, Indiana is home to two elementary schools serving students in grades PK through 5 — Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and Davis Park Elementary School — both operated by Vigo County School Corp, a district that ranks 270 of 374 in Indiana. Benjamin Franklin enrolls 441 students and Davis Park enrolls 325, for 766 combined. Neither school performs above its district or state comparisons: Benjamin Franklin ranks 969 of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools (5th percentile, 0 stars) and Davis Park ranks 915 of 1,015 (10th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026.
Between the two, Davis Park is the stronger performer academically. It posts higher all-grade ELA, math, and science proficiency than Benjamin Franklin in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 — most dramatically in math, where its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is 20.14% versus 10.53%. It also leads in 3rd-grade math (31.11% vs. 12.31%) and 4th-grade math (19.61% vs. 13.43%), and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (12.3 vs. 13.7) and a lower free/reduced lunch rate (91.08% vs. 95.92%). Benjamin Franklin's relative edges are narrower, in 5th-grade ELA (8.62% vs. 2.08%) and 5th-grade social studies (15.52% vs. 12.50%). Even so, no test metric at either school reaches the district or state average.
The biggest difference is attendance, and it cuts the other way. Davis Park's chronic absenteeism is 33.5%, well above Benjamin Franklin's 23.6%, the district's 27.4%, and the state's 16.7%. Both schools are also losing ground in the rankings: Davis Park slid from the 24th to 17th to 10th percentile and dropped from 1 star to 0 stars, while Benjamin Franklin moved from the 9th to 5th to 5th percentile and remained at 0 stars, narrowing their rank gap from 151 to 54 positions. For parents, Davis Park offers the stronger academics but a serious attendance problem, while Benjamin Franklin has better attendance but needs broad academic support, particularly in math, ELA, and science.
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