Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000511
Adams Elementary School
3000 New Haven Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 · (260) 467-5850 · Allen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
243 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
13.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Adams Elementary School
Adams Elementary School's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary School this school | 308 | 78.9% | 12.1% |
| South Wayne Elementary School Fort Wayne | 340 | 80.6% | 16.0% |
| Study Elementary School Fort Wayne | 268 | 80.2% | 7.3% |
| Bloomingdale Elementary School Fort Wayne | 331 | 77.3% | 22.4% |
| Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 259 | 71.8% | 8.4% |
| Emma Donnan Elementary and Middle Indianapolis | 451 | 81.4% | 21.0% |
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 Adams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #934 of 983 | #48 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #956 of 986 | #49 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #935 of 986 | #49 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #814 of 1,079 | #48 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #41 of 991 | #5 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #61 of 996 | #23 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #57 of 1,058 | #6 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #127 of 353 | #6 of 22 |
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
308
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 308 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 79% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 24.5 | 12.0:1 | 84% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 20.8 | 13.0:1 | 90% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 86% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 17 | 15.9:1 | 91% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 86% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 90% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 76% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 17 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary School.
About Adams Elementary School
A small elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Adams Elementary School is part of Fort Wayne Community Schools. The school enrolls 308 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Indiana) has about 436 students.
Fort Wayne Community Schools counts 50 schools and 28,561 students, including Adams Elementary School.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Adams Elementary School, 42% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 16% multiracial, and 14% White. In Allen County overall, about 9% of residents are Hispanic. Adams Elementary School has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.0 students per teacher and 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 79%. For comparison, public schools in Allen County average 50%.
A school with Adams Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 19.7%. Adams Elementary School scores 12.1%, 7.7 points below that line.
Allen County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,737, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Adams Elementary School is among the 92 public schools in Allen County.
Memorial Park Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Adams Elementary School's average proficiency of 12.1% compares with 28.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 308, 8% above the 285 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.0:1, from 14.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Adams Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,378
Census ACS
Median income
$70,737
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
55,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools
- Northrop High SchoolHigh · 2,145 students
- R Nelson Snider High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- South Side High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Wayne High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
Other schools in Fort Wayne
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 2,623 students
- Homestead High SchoolHigh · 2,382 students
- Northrop High SchoolHigh · 2,145 students
- R Nelson Snider High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- South Side High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Wayne High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary School is the 26th largest of the 41.
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 743 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 667 students
- Adams ElementaryCary, NC · 655 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 643 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Park Middle School0.7 mi · 627
- Bunche Elementary School1.2 mi · 234
- John S Irwin Elementary School1.3 mi · 302
- Whitney M Young Early Childhood1.4 mi · 218
- Weisser Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 632
- Lakeside Middle School1.6 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Adams Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Adams Elementary School?
Adams Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Adams Elementary School serve?
Adams Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Adams Elementary School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Adams Elementary School.
How diverse is Adams Elementary School?
Adams Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 42% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Adams Elementary School?
Adams Elementary School is overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools in Allen County.
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