Summary:
ZIP code 47885 in West Terre Haute, Indiana contains exactly one high school: West Vigo High School, a grades 9–12 school with 531 students in Vigo County School Corp. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, there is no local peer school to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are its district and the state of Indiana.
The school's profile is mixed. On the positive side, West Vigo's graduation rate was 93.6% in 2024–2025, which is 9.7 percentage points above the district (83.9%) and 3.9 points above the state (89.7%). Biology ILEARN proficiency also improved, rising from 28.46% in 2024–2025 to 35.4% in 2025–2026 — a gain of 6.94 points — and the 2025–2026 rate is 5.28 points above the district (30.12%). The state value for 2025–2026 Biology is not provided, so the current score cannot be compared directly with the current state rate; against the 2024–2025 state Biology rate of 45.6%, however, the school remains 10.2 points lower. About 51.79% of students are identified through the free/reduced lunch indicator, with per-student spending of $15,119 and a 10.4:1 student-teacher ratio.
The concerns are significant. Chronic absenteeism was 32.3% in 2024–2025, above the district's 27.4% and far above the state's 16.7% — roughly one in three students versus about one in six statewide. SAT Mathematics proficiency is very low at 12.87% in 2025–2026 and 13.85% in 2024–2025, both well below district and state rates, and roughly half the state figure. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing dropped sharply from 50.77% to 38.61%, a 12.16-point decline, leaving it 13.29 points below the state. Overall rank fell from the 44th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 29th percentile in 2025–2026, with stars dropping from 2 to 1. Families should note the strong graduation and improving Biology results alongside weak math, a steep ERW decline, high absenteeism, and a downward ranking trend.
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