Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181209002176
Ouabache Elementary School
501 Maple Ave, Terre Haute, IN 47804 · (812) 462-4493 · Vigo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
294 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
37%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
20.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 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 Ouabache Elementary School
Ouabache Elementary School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouabache Elementary School this school | 366 | 80.3% | 22.2% |
| Sugar Grove Elementary School Terre Haute | 360 | 82.8% | 33.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Huntington | 350 | 81.7% | 31.4% |
| Blanche E Fuqua Elementary School Terre Haute | 354 | 83.3% | 26.3% |
| Parker Elementary School New Castle | 278 | 76.6% | 15.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Bedford | 307 | 74.9% | 32.1% |
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 Ouabache Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vigo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #817 of 983 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #845 of 986 | #13 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #843 of 986 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #689 of 1,079 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #50 of 991 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #573 of 996 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #46 of 1,058 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #126 of 353 | #5 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
366
+90 (+33%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 366 | 32.2 | 11.4:1 | 80% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 26.3 | 14.0:1 | 81% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 24.6 | 15.6:1 | 78% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 73% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 19.1 | 16.7:1 | 69% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 72% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 17 | 21.2:1 | 76% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 55% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 27 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ouabache Elementary School.
About Ouabache Elementary School
Ouabache Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 366 students.
Enrollment across the 26 schools in Vigo County School Corp totals 13,277 students.
The largest group at Ouabache Elementary School is White students, at 79%. Other groups include 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ouabache Elementary School scores 37%.
The school's 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 4.2 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Vigo County report 62%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Ouabache Elementary School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Indiana, Ouabache Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.2% actual against a predicted 18.7%.
In the surrounding county, Vigo County, the median household earns about $52,976 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Vigo County has 28 public schools with about 13,416 students, including Ouabache Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Deming Early Learning Center is about 1.2 miles from Ouabache Elementary School. The five-mile area around Ouabache Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ouabache Elementary School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Ouabache Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 90 students, from 276 to 366. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.4:1) than in 2020-21 (14.5:1).
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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
- Lost Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 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
- Lost Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Deming Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 306
- Benjamin Franklin Elem School1.6 mi · 441
- Terre Town Elementary School2.1 mi · 553
- Davis Park Elementary School2.2 mi · 325
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School2.5 mi · 686
- Terre Haute North Vigo High School2.6 mi · 1,486
Frequently asked questions
About Ouabache Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ouabache Elementary School?
Ouabache Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ouabache Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ouabache Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ouabache Elementary School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Ouabache Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ouabache Elementary School?
At Ouabache Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Ouabache Elementary School public or private?
Ouabache Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vigo County School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.