Ouabache Elementary School

As a cozy K-5 school in Terre Haute, Indiana, Ouabache Elementary School works with 366 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Vigo County School Corp.

Ouabache Elementary School is one of 26 schools operated by Vigo County School Corp, a district that enrolls 13,277 students overall.

Demographically, Ouabache Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Ouabache Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Ouabache Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Vigo County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ouabache Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.7%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Vigo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,976 per year, 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), Ouabache Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Deming Early Learning Center, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ouabache Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 3% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ouabache Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.