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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181209001909
Lost Creek Elementary School
6701 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute, IN 47803 · (812) 462-4456 · Vigo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
325 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
62.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lost Creek Elementary School
Lost Creek Elementary School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Creek Elementary School this school | 672 | 48.4% | 57.8% |
| Austin Elementary School Austin | 645 | 49.3% | 29.0% |
| Clinton Prairie Elementary School Frankfort | 656 | 46.8% | 43.1% |
| Monroe Central Elementary School Parker City | 680 | 50.1% | 39.8% |
| South Adams Elementary School Berne | 671 | 49.3% | 47.2% |
| North Daviess Elementary School Elnora | 621 | 50.1% | 45.9% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lost Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vigo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #179 of 983 | #1 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #216 of 986 | #1 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #159 of 986 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #104 of 1,079 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #390 of 991 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #706 of 996 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #643 of 1,058 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #283 of 353 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
672
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 672 | 46.4 | 14.5:1 | 48% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 47.4 | 14.5:1 | 49% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 47.3 | 15.5:1 | 47% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 42% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 32 | 20.3:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 32 | 19.7:1 | 39% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 35% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 31% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 857 | 39 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lost Creek Elementary School.
About Lost Creek Elementary School
Families in Terre Haute, Indiana, are served by Lost Creek Elementary School, a large elementary school. There are 672 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 54% larger than the average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Vigo County School Corp runs Lost Creek Elementary School along with 25 other schools, enrolling 13,277 students in total.
The share of students at Lost Creek Elementary School who are White is 86%. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Vigo County residents are about 85% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at Lost Creek Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. About 48% of students at Lost Creek Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Vigo County report 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lost Creek Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lost Creek Elementary School would score about 41.3%. It scores 57.8%, a top-10% result among Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Vigo County show that the median household earns about $52,976 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Vigo County has 28 public schools with about 13,416 students, including Lost Creek Elementary School.
Terre Haute North Vigo High School is about 2.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 26.2%; Lost Creek Elementary School's is 57.8%, ranking 1st of 6.
Lost Creek Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment went from 673 in 2020-21 to 672 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.7:1 to 14.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to Lost Creek Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Vigo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,109
Census ACS
Median income
$52,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
13,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vigo County School Corp
- Terre Haute South Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,486 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 students
- Dixie Bee Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
Other schools in Terre Haute
- Terre Haute South Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,486 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 students
- Dixie Bee Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
Other Lost Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lost Creek Elementary. Lost Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Lost Creek Elementary SchoolLost Creek, WV · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Terre Haute North Vigo High School2.7 mi · 1,486
- Adelaide De Vaney Elementary Sch3.5 mi · 440
- Excel Center of West Central Indiana3.6 mi · 139
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School3.8 mi · 686
- Deming Early Learning Center4.1 mi · 306
- Benjamin Franklin Elem School4.1 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Lost Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lost Creek Elementary School?
Lost Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lost Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lost Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lost Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lost Creek Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lost Creek Elementary School?
At Lost Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lost Creek Elementary School?
Lost Creek Elementary School is overseen by Vigo County School Corp in Vigo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.