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What's the most underrated thing about Deer Ridge Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHLS·NCES 180003002329
Deer Ridge Elementary
1515 Scott Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46814 · (260) 431-0701 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
72 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
62.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
63.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Deer Ridge Elementary
Deer Ridge Elementary's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Ridge Elementary this school | 430 | 16.7% | 64.0% |
| Mary Frank Harris Elementary Sch Granger | 471 | 18.7% | 66.3% |
| Aboite Elementary School Fort Wayne | 497 | 19.9% | 75.8% |
| Childs Elementary School Bloomington | 446 | 12.8% | 75.0% |
| Oak View Elementary School Fort Wayne | 442 | 12.0% | 70.1% |
| Heavilin Elementary School Valparaiso | 479 | 18.8% | 72.8% |
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 Deer Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #114 of 983 | #6 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #204 of 986 | #7 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #95 of 986 | #7 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #536 of 1,079 | #34 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #388 of 991 | #37 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #525 of 996 | #46 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #1,017 of 1,058 | #53 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #567 of 597 | #30 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
430
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 430 | 29.7 | 14.5:1 | 17% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 29.5 | 15.2:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 25.4 | 17.2:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 33 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Ridge Elementary.
About Deer Ridge Elementary
Deer Ridge Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in MSD Southwest Allen County Schls, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school reports 430 students in kindergarten through 5.
MSD Southwest Allen County Schls counts 7,502 students in its 10 schools, and Deer Ridge Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 76% of students at Deer Ridge Elementary are White. Other groups make up 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Deer Ridge Elementary total 29.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 17%. That is 33 points below the 50% average for public schools in Allen County.
Deer Ridge Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (64.0%) and its predicted rate (63.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
Deer Ridge Elementary is located in Allen County, where the median household income is $70,737, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Deer Ridge Elementary, Allen County has 91 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch, about 1.2 miles away. Deer Ridge Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Deer Ridge Elementary's average proficiency of 64.0% compares with 57.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Deer Ridge Elementary as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 31 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Deer Ridge Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 MSD Southwest Allen County Schls
- Homestead High SchoolHigh · 2,382 students
- Woodside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Lafayette Meadow SchoolElementary · 604 students
- Whispering Meadow Elementary SchElementary · 535 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
Nearby schools
- Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch1.2 mi · 535
- Summit Middle School1.9 mi · 789
- Homestead High School2.0 mi · 2,382
- Woodside Middle School2.0 mi · 1,032
- Haverhill Elementary School2.1 mi · 396
- Covington Elementary School2.1 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Deer Ridge Elementary?
Deer Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Deer Ridge Elementary serve?
Deer Ridge Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Deer Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Deer Ridge Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Ridge Elementary?
At Deer Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Deer Ridge Elementary in?
Deer Ridge Elementary is part of MSD Southwest Allen County Schls.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.