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What's the biggest difference between Brentwood Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000518
Brentwood Elementary School
3710 Stafford Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 · (260) 467-6775 · Allen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
303 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 54 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
76%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
34.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
32.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Brentwood Elementary School
Brentwood Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Elementary School this school | 415 | 73.0% | 34.5% |
| Maplewood Elementary School Fort Wayne | 477 | 71.5% | 24.8% |
| Homecroft Elementary School Indianapolis | 493 | 73.8% | 34.4% |
| Glenwood Park Elementary School Fort Wayne | 532 | 66.9% | 35.3% |
| Arlington Elementary School Indianapolis | 454 | 74.4% | 37.7% |
| Waynedale Elementary School Fort Wayne | 383 | 68.4% | 28.6% |
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 Brentwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #625 of 983 | #30 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #715 of 986 | #29 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #585 of 986 | #29 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #572 of 1,079 | #39 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #85 of 991 | #11 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.8% | #4 of 996 | #2 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #109 of 1,058 | #10 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #285 of 597 | #10 of 31 |
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
415
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 415 | 34.5 | 12.0:1 | 73% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 30.5 | 13.1:1 | 75% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 81% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 76% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 21 | 22.7:1 | 78% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 21 | 21.8:1 | 79% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 78% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 42% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 303 | 18 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brentwood Elementary School.
About Brentwood Elementary School
Brentwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Fort Wayne Community Schools, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It enrolls 415 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Fort Wayne Community Schools has 50 schools; together they serve 28,561 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Brentwood Elementary School is Black, with 33% of students. Next come 28% White, 18% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 9% Hispanic. The county population is about 11% Black. The diversity index for Brentwood Elementary School is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 3.5 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Brentwood Elementary School, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Allen County report 50%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Brentwood Elementary School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.9% for Brentwood Elementary School. The school posts 34.5%, 10.6 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Allen County show that median household income comes to about $70,737, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 92, with about 55,262 students.
Glenwood Park Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Brentwood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Brentwood Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Brentwood Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Brentwood Elementary School was 425 in 2020-21 and 415 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.4:1 to 12.0:1.
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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 Brentwood Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 8 states are named Brentwood Elementary. Brentwood Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 13.
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IN · 420 students
- Brentwood ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 811 students
- Brentwood ElementaryVictorville, CA · 790 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 671 students
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSARASOTA, FL · 590 students
Nearby schools
- Glenwood Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 532
- R Nelson Snider High School0.8 mi · 1,927
- Lane Middle School0.8 mi · 644
- Lakeside Middle School1.2 mi · 452
- Forest Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 558
- J Wilbur Haley Elementary School1.6 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Brentwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brentwood Elementary School?
Brentwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Brentwood Elementary School serve?
Brentwood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Brentwood Elementary School have?
Brentwood Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Brentwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brentwood Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 33% Black, 13% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Brentwood Elementary School public or private?
Brentwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.