Enrollment
371
Middle
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181209001915
Sarah Scott Middle School
1000 Grant St, Terre Haute, IN 47802 · (812) 462-4381 · Vigo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
324 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 126 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%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
18.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
8.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Sarah Scott Middle School
Sarah Scott Middle School's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Scott Middle School this school | 371 | 87.3% | 14.9% |
| Southside Middle School Muncie | 469 | 85.7% | 9.9% |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd Marion | 500 | 80.2% | 18.9% |
| Martin T Krueger Middle School Michigan City | 324 | 77.2% | 17.8% |
| Bon Air Middle School Kokomo | 190 | 74.7% | 9.8% |
| John L McCulloch Junior High Sch Marion | 455 | 73.0% | 16.2% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Sarah Scott Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #298 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #307 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #293 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #242 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #15 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #98 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #4 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #92 of 187 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
371
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 371 | 33.9 | 10.9:1 | 87% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 30.7 | 12.8:1 | 87% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 31.7 | 12.5:1 | 86% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 83% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 85% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 86% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 80% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 60% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sarah Scott Middle School.
About Sarah Scott Middle School
Sarah Scott Middle School is a small middle-grades school in Terre Haute, Indiana, (ZIP code 47802). In all, 371 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. It has 38% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Indiana (about 594).
The 26 schools in Vigo County School Corp enroll 13,277 students altogether, Sarah Scott Middle School among them.
More than half of the students at Sarah Scott Middle School are White (62%). Next come 16% Black, 15% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. That compares with about 85% White among all Vigo County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The school had 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 62% average for public schools in Vigo County.
Sarah Scott Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Indiana public middle schools.
Sarah Scott Middle School is 1.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (14.9% versus 13.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
Census data for Vigo County show median household income comes to about $52,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The county has 28 public schools and about 13,416 students.
Sarah Scott Middle School's nearest public school is Farrington Grove Elementary School (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sarah Scott Middle School. By average proficiency, Sarah Scott Middle School is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 419 (2020-21) to 371 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.9:1) than in 2020-21 (13.1:1).
The allk12 page for Sarah Scott Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Farrington Grove Elementary School0.4 mi · 380
- Blanche E Fuqua Elementary School0.6 mi · 354
- Vigo Virtual School Academy1.2 mi · 206
- Booker T Washington Alt Sch1.2 mi · 62
- Terre Haute South Vigo High School1.3 mi · 1,544
- Sugar Grove Elementary School1.5 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Sarah Scott Middle SchoolHow large is Sarah Scott Middle School?
Sarah Scott Middle School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sarah Scott Middle School serve?
Sarah Scott Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sarah Scott Middle School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Sarah Scott Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Sarah Scott Middle School?
Student demographics at Sarah Scott Middle School are roughly 62% White, 7% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Sarah Scott Middle School public or private?
Sarah Scott Middle 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.