The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in Science. The lowest is 11% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Deming Early Learning Center
Deming Early Learning Center serves pre-kindergarten through third grade in Terre Haute, part of Vigo County School Corp. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It is housed in a building on 8th Avenue in a city that blends college-town life with manufacturing, a federal correctional complex, and a newly opened casino. Terre Haute is also home to Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College, giving the area a steady student population and a downtown with an arts corridor, a children’s museum, and a convention center completed a few years ago.
The enrollment is concentrated in the earliest grades, with a large pre-kindergarten program and a smaller kindergarten group. There are no students enrolled in first through third grades in the current data, which suggests the school is primarily serving young children before they move to other elementary buildings in the district. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and a very small number who are American Indian or Native Hawaiian.
State testing results are available from the 2020-21 school year, when the school was listed as Deming Elementary School and included older elementary grades that take the Indiana ILEARN assessments. In math, English language arts, science, and social studies, the share of students scoring at the proficient level was modest. Participation rates for math and ELA were high, meaning the results reflect nearly all tested students. Because the school now operates as an early learning center focused on pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, the testing data from that year may not represent the current program’s academic focus. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing were not available for this profile, so those factors cannot be assessed here.
Housing in the surrounding area is relatively affordable compared to state and national benchmarks. Home values are below the Indiana median, and rents are also moderate. Monthly mortgage payments and rent each take up a modest share of typical local income, which may be relevant for families moving to the area.
Deming Early Learning Center fills a specific role as an entry point for the district’s youngest students. Families looking for a school that centers pre-kindergarten and kindergarten in a mixed urban-industrial community with a college presence may find it a good fit. The academic performance data from a prior year is the only snapshot available, and a parent may want to ask the school how its current early learning program prepares children for later elementary work within Vigo County School Corp.
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