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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 180825002457
Eel River Elementary School
12723 Bethel Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46818 · (260) 338-5395 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
123 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
53.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
55.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Eel River Elementary School
Eel River Elementary School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eel River Elementary School this school | 420 | 29.3% | 54.2% |
| Hickory Center Elementary School Fort Wayne | 453 | 26.3% | 47.0% |
| Fishers Elementary School Fishers | 437 | 28.6% | 57.4% |
| Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch Fort Wayne | 535 | 31.0% | 40.0% |
| Sand Creek Elementary Fishers | 520 | 27.9% | 55.0% |
| Huntertown Elementary School Huntertown | 563 | 29.7% | 51.3% |
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 Eel River Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #244 of 983 | #10 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #315 of 986 | #10 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #187 of 986 | #11 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #556 of 1,079 | #35 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #290 of 991 | #30 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #406 of 996 | #41 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #922 of 1,058 | #45 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #115 of 597 | #1 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
420
-146 (-26%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 420 | 30.2 | 13.9:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 31.4 | 13.7:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 30.6 | 13.4:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 21% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 35.9 | 15.3:1 | 22% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 17% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eel River Elementary School.
About Eel River Elementary School
Eel River Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It reported 420 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Northwest Allen County Schools has a total of 11 schools and 8,409 students, Eel River Elementary School among them.
White students are 66% of those enrolled at Eel River Elementary School. Next come 9% Asian, 9% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Eel River Elementary School has 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The school's 13.9:1 compares with an average of 15.5:1 for elementary schools in Indiana. The school has 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 50% average for public schools in Allen County is 21 points higher.
Eel River Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.2% is within a point of the 54.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Allen County, median household income comes to about $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Allen County counts 92 public schools with about 55,262 students.
Carroll Middle School is the nearest public school to Eel River Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Eel River Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 54.2% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Eel River Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 420, from 566 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Eel River Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Northwest Allen County Schools
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 2,623 students
- Maple Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Carroll Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,004 students
- Aspen Meadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Huntertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Perry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 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
- Carroll Middle School0.4 mi · 1,004
- Carroll High School0.7 mi · 2,623
- Aspen Meadow Elementary School0.8 mi · 600
- Hickory Center Elementary School1.0 mi · 453
- Huntertown Elementary School2.1 mi · 563
- Maple Creek Middle School2.8 mi · 1,024
Frequently asked questions
About Eel River Elementary SchoolHow large is Eel River Elementary School?
Eel River Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Eel River Elementary School serve?
Eel River Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Eel River Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Eel River Elementary School.
How diverse is Eel River Elementary School?
Eel River Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Eel River Elementary School public or private?
Eel River Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northwest Allen County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.