Schools in Zip Code 47885

ZIP code 47885 in West Terre Haute, Indiana, is home to four public schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, all within Vigo County School Corp, a district ranked 270 of 374 in Indiana (28th percentile, 1 star). Together these schools enroll about 1,680 students: roughly 45% in elementary, 23% in middle, and 32% in high school.

Fayette Elementary School is the standout: it's the only school in the ZIP rated 2 stars and the highest ranked at the 50th percentile, with math at 48.85% and science at 48.98% proficient—both above the district—and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 14.6%, below the state's 16.7%. West Vigo High School is more mixed: its graduation rate of 93.6% beats the district (83.9%) and state (89.7%), but SAT Math proficiency is just 12.87% and chronic absenteeism is the ZIP's highest at 32.3%. West Vigo Middle School has the weakest results, with All Grades math at 16.71% and 8th grade math at 8.66% versus the state's 34.2%. Sugar Creek Consolidated Elementary School has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (65.93%) and lowest spending ($10,132), with ELA at 17.39%.

Several patterns stand out for families. Chronic absenteeism is high across most of the ZIP—only Fayette is below the state rate—and it tends to travel with weaker test scores. Middle school math is the single weakest subject area in the area. Elementary results differ sharply: Fayette's math (48.85%) is far above Sugar Creek's (27.39%), and Fayette's ELA (33.33%) is nearly double Sugar Creek's (17.39%). Spending and class size don't line up simply with outcomes: West Vigo High has the highest per-student spending ($15,119) and smallest classes (ratio 10.4) but low SAT proficiency, while Fayette has the largest classes (14.9) yet the strongest elementary results. Against a district in the bottom third of the state, Fayette's 2-star, 50th-percentile standing is a relative success.