Bunche Elementary School

Located at 1111 Greene St, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bunche Elementary School is a close-knit K-5 school that hosts 234 students (grades pre-K through K), overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Bunche Elementary School is one of 50 schools operated by Fort Wayne Community Schools, a district that serves 28,561 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bunche Elementary School logs that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 27% Black, 16% Hispanic, 16% multiracial. By comparison, Allen County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Bunche Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Allen County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allen County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), Bunche Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Whitney M Young Early Childhood, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bunche Elementary School.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 32% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Bunche Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.