Hoosier Prairie Elementary School

Located at 2800 W Harlan Dr, in Terre Haute, Indiana, Hoosier Prairie Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community that instructs 336 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Vigo County School Corp. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Within Vigo County School Corp, which oversees 26 schools and 13,277 students, Hoosier Prairie Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hoosier Prairie Elementary School reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Vigo County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hoosier Prairie Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 30.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Vigo County) records that median household earnings sit near $52,976, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vigo County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), Hoosier Prairie Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Dixie Bee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Hoosier Prairie Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hoosier Prairie Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 337 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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