West Vigo High School

West Vigo High School is a secondary school of low-enrollment scale in West Terre Haute, Indiana, overseen by Vigo County School Corp, instructing 531 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Vigo High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Vigo County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, West Vigo High School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Vigo County shows median household earnings sit near $52,976, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. West Vigo High School is one of 28 public schools in Vigo County (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students).

West Vigo Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. West Vigo High School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 531). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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