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What's something West Terrace Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180345000489
West Terrace Elementary School
8000 W Terrace Dr, Evansville, IN 47712 · (812) 435-8733 · Vanderburgh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
126 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
52.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
61.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 West Terrace Elementary School
West Terrace Elementary School's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Terrace Elementary School this school | 504 | 25.0% | 55.2% |
| New Paris Elementary School New Paris | 488 | 25.6% | 48.8% |
| Hershey Elementary School Lafayette | 538 | 22.1% | 64.9% |
| New Palestine Elementary School New Palestine | 579 | 22.3% | 66.1% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary Sch New Palestine | 577 | 27.6% | 51.4% |
| Lafayette Meadow School Roanoke | 604 | 26.5% | 57.6% |
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 West Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vanderburgh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #221 of 983 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #232 of 986 | #2 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #197 of 986 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #370 of 1,079 | #7 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #683 of 991 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #751 of 996 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #961 of 1,058 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #80 of 597 | #5 of 16 |
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
504
-82 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 504 | 31.2 | 16.1:1 | 25% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 30% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 33.5 | 16.7:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 23% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 36.9 | 18.9:1 | 27% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 29% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 27% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 16% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 33 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Terrace Elementary School.
About West Terrace Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, West Terrace Elementary School serves students in Evansville, Indiana. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 504 students.
West Terrace Elementary School reports to Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, which has 38 schools and 21,589 students.
The large majority of students at West Terrace Elementary School, 89%, are White. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Hispanic. West Terrace Elementary School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is about 15.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 25% of students. It compares with 48% for public schools in Vanderburgh County.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, West Terrace Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, West Terrace Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 55.2% actual against 57.9% predicted.
Across Vanderburgh County, median household income is about $61,648, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Vanderburgh County number 44 and enroll about 22,423.
Indiana Agriculture & Technology School - USI Campus is the public school closest to West Terrace Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. West Terrace Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, West Terrace Elementary School went from 586 students to 504.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Vanderburgh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,117
Census ACS
Median income
$61,648
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in Evansville
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Nearby schools
- Indiana Agriculture & Technology School - USI Campus0.7 mi · 38
- Perry Heights Middle School1.4 mi · 471
- Daniel Wertz Elementary School2.4 mi · 282
- Tekoppel Elementary School2.8 mi · 440
- Francis Joseph Reitz High School3.5 mi · 1,293
- Helfrich Park STEM Academy3.7 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About West Terrace Elementary SchoolHow large is West Terrace Elementary School?
West Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does West Terrace Elementary School serve?
West Terrace Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at West Terrace Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at West Terrace Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Terrace Elementary School?
At West Terrace Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees West Terrace Elementary School?
West Terrace Elementary School is overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp in Vanderburgh County.
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