Blackhawk Middle School

Blackhawk Middle School, a moderately sized middle school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools, educates 814 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Blackhawk Middle School sits 37% above that benchmark.

Within Fort Wayne Community Schools, which oversees 50 schools and 28,561 students, Blackhawk Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Blackhawk Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Allen County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Blackhawk Middle School shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Blackhawk Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Allen County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,737 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Blackhawk Middle School is one of 92 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students).

The closest other public school is Fred H Croninger Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Blackhawk Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Blackhawk Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 811 students in 2018 compared to 814 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.