Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch

Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Terre Haute, Indiana, run under Vigo County School Corp, teacheing 440 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Vigo County School Corp, which oversees 26 schools and 13,277 students, Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 14% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Vigo County put median household income runs about $52,976, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Vigo County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Excel Center of West Central Indiana, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 21.5%.

Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 446 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 76% to 69%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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