Rio Grande Elementary School

Rio Grande Elementary School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Terre Haute, Indiana, overseen by Vigo County School Corp, with 408 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 26 schools in Vigo County School Corp (13,277 students total), Rio Grande Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rio Grande Elementary School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rio Grande Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rio Grande Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Vigo County put the typical household earns roughly $52,976 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Vigo County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), of which Rio Grande Elementary School is one.

Otter Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rio Grande Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Rio Grande Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 408). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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