Booker T Washington Alt Sch

Booker T Washington Alt Sch operates as a rural-scale four-year high school in Terre Haute, Indiana, operated by Vigo County School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 62 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 92% leaner than typical.

Booker T Washington Alt Sch is one of 26 schools operated by Vigo County School Corp, a district that educates 13,277 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Booker T Washington Alt Sch reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 10% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Vigo County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Vigo County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Vigo County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,976 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Vigo County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), Booker T Washington Alt Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vigo Virtual School Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Booker T Washington Alt Sch has rose 13%, going from 55 students in 2018 to 62 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 3.1:1 today.

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