Homestead High School

Homestead High School is one of the sizable high schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana, part of MSD Southwest Allen County Schls, with 2,382 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Homestead High School sits 192% above that benchmark.

Within MSD Southwest Allen County Schls, which oversees 10 schools and 7,502 students, Homestead High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Homestead High School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Homestead High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Allen County's rate of about 50%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Allen County put the typical household earns roughly $70,737 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allen County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), of which Homestead High School is one.

Summit Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Homestead High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 2,343 students in 2018 compared to 2,382 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 81% to 76%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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