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Enrollment
814
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000516
Blackhawk Middle School
7200 E State Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 · (260) 467-4885 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Indiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
401 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 280 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 32% |
Student demographics
70%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
39.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
44.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Blackhawk Middle School
Blackhawk Middle School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk Middle School this school | 814 | 49.3% | 40.9% |
| Avon Intermediate School East Avon | 837 | 48.3% | 56.0% |
| Avon Middle School South Avon | 821 | 48.5% | 57.8% |
| Avon Middle School North Avon | 929 | 47.6% | 52.6% |
| Avon Intermediate School West Avon | 755 | 52.2% | 49.1% |
| Jefferson Middle School Fort Wayne | 658 | 56.2% | 25.6% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Blackhawk Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #137 of 324 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #107 of 325 | #5 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #151 of 325 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #74 of 334 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #218 of 314 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #24 of 315 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #168 of 330 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #108 of 110 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
814
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 814 | 50.1 | 16.3:1 | 49% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 50.4 | 15.6:1 | 45% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 797 | 47.9 | 16.6:1 | 46% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 45 | 18.4:1 | 50% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 46% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 43 | 19.5:1 | 44% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 852 | 42 | 20.3:1 | 50% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 26% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 38 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackhawk Middle School.
About Blackhawk Middle School
Blackhawk Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Indiana, with an address in Fort Wayne. It had 814 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Indiana enroll about 594 students on average.
Blackhawk Middle School sits within Fort Wayne Community Schools, which has 50 schools and 28,561 students.
About 46% of students at Blackhawk Middle School are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Allen County, the White share is about 71%. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Blackhawk Middle School are from different groups.
The school lists 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. That is in line with the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 49% of the student body. The average for public schools in Allen County is similar, at 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Blackhawk Middle School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Indiana public middle schools.
Blackhawk Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.9% and a predicted 40.7%.
In Allen County, median household income comes to about $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allen County counts 92 public schools with about 55,262 students.
Blackhawk Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Fred H Croninger Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.1% on proficiency, and Blackhawk Middle School is above that at 40.9%.
Federal data place Blackhawk Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 826 students in 2020-21 and 814 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 18.4:1 in 2020-21 and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
Blackhawk Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 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 Blackhawk Middle schools
One other US public school is named Blackhawk Middle. Blackhawk Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolBensenville, IL · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Fred H Croninger Elementary School0.6 mi · 619
- J Wilbur Haley Elementary School0.8 mi · 583
- Lane Middle School1.5 mi · 644
- R Nelson Snider High School1.7 mi · 1,927
- Glenwood Park Elementary School1.8 mi · 532
- Arlington Elementary School2.1 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About Blackhawk Middle SchoolHow large is Blackhawk Middle School?
Blackhawk Middle School enrolls approximately 814 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Blackhawk Middle School serve?
Blackhawk Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blackhawk Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blackhawk Middle School is approximately 16.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Blackhawk Middle School?
Blackhawk Middle School reports a student body of 46% White, 15% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Blackhawk Middle School?
Blackhawk Middle School is overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools in Allen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.