Sarah Scott Middle School

Sarah Scott Middle School is an intermediate school of small scale in Terre Haute, Indiana, operated by Vigo County School Corp, caters to 371 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 594.

Vigo County School Corp runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 13,277 students. Sarah Scott Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sarah Scott Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Black, 15% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Vigo County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Sarah Scott Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Vigo County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sarah Scott Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.9%.

Around the school, Vigo County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,976, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Vigo County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), of which Sarah Scott Middle School is one.

Farrington Grove Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sarah Scott Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sarah Scott Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Sarah Scott Middle School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 371). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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