West Vigo Middle School

West Vigo Middle School is one of the modestly sized intermediate schools in West Terre Haute, Indiana, operated by Vigo County School Corp, with 390 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Vigo Middle School reports that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, West Vigo Middle School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Vigo Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.6%; West Vigo Middle School posts 17.3%, -16.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, Vigo County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,976, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Vigo County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), West Vigo Middle School is one campus in the mix.

West Vigo High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Vigo Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.9%.

West Vigo Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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