Total enrollment
28,537
+77 (+0%) vs SY 2020-21
52 schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools
Indiana · 28,561 students · 1 city
Looking at the Fort Wayne Community Schools system: 52 public K-12 schools serving approximately 28,561 students inside Indiana, averaging 549 per school.
4-year change in Fort Wayne Community Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
49
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Fort Wayne Community Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Indiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #128 of 147 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 28,561 | #1 of 286 | #241 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 50 | #1 of 286 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #83 of 285 | #4,113 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 63.7% | #22 of 286 | #2,458 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #2 of 235 | #59 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Fort Wayne Community Schools
State test results across the district's 41 scored schools run from Fred H Croninger Elementary School at 81.6% proficient to Study Elementary School at 7.3%, a gap of 74.3 points. That is the widest gap among 117 Indiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Fort Wayne Community Schools
Fort Wayne Community Schools is a medium-population Indiana school district running 52 schools with combined enrollment near 28,561.
For a sense of the school types, Fort Wayne Community Schools spans 33 elementary, 10 middle, 7 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in Fort Wayne Community Schools has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 28,460 students to 28,537.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Fort Wayne Community Schools discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Posts come from current and former families, staff, and alumni.