Total enrollment
46,306
+695 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
78 schools in Fort Wayne
Indiana · Public K-12
Inside Fort Wayne (Indiana), 78 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 46,330 students, averaging 594 per school.
4-year change in Fort Wayne
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
74
+2 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Residents
268,589
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Students
46,330
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
78
public K-12
About Fort Wayne
Across Fort Wayne, Indiana, 78 public schools serves about 46,330 students between them.
For a sense of the school types, the city covers 48 elementary, 15 middle, 11 high, and 4 other.
Over the past 4-year window. Total public-school enrollment in Fort Wayne has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 45,611 students to 46,306. Fort Wayne now counts 74 public schools, up from 72 in SY 2020-21.
On allk12, the community for Fort Wayne discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.