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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Forest Park Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000522
Forest Park Elementary School
2004 Alabama Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 · (260) 467-6850 · Allen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
370 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 52 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
29.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
25.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Forest Park Elementary School
Forest Park Elementary School's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Elementary School this school | 558 | 66.3% | 26.7% |
| Lynwood Elementary Indianapolis | 583 | 65.5% | 18.2% |
| J Wilbur Haley Elementary School Fort Wayne | 583 | 66.0% | 19.8% |
| Northaven Elementary School Jeffersonville | 544 | 71.5% | 33.2% |
| W E Wilson Elementary Jeffersonville | 518 | 66.4% | 29.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Fort Wayne | 590 | 66.9% | 42.2% |
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 Forest Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #760 of 983 | #37 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #805 of 986 | #39 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #682 of 986 | #37 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #248 of 1,079 | #16 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #462 of 991 | #40 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #25 of 996 | #10 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #227 of 1,058 | #22 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #453 of 597 | #25 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
558
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 558 | 37.5 | 14.9:1 | 66% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 72% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 39.5 | 15.2:1 | 75% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 75% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 31.5 | 18.8:1 | 79% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 31 | 19.9:1 | 73% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 84% (558) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 45% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 35 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park Elementary School.
About Forest Park Elementary School
Forest Park Elementary School serves students in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 558 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 28% larger than that mark.
Within Fort Wayne Community Schools, Forest Park Elementary School is one of 50 schools. The district enrolls 28,561 students.
White students make up 37% of enrollment at Forest Park Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 23% Black, 13% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Allen County overall, about 71% of residents are White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Forest Park Elementary School are from different groups.
Forest Park Elementary School has 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.9:1. It is about the same as the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. That is 16 points above the 50% average for public schools in Allen County.
A school with Forest Park Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 28.6%. Forest Park Elementary School scores 26.7%, 1.9 points below that line.
Census data for Allen County show the median household earns about $70,737 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Allen County number 92, with about 55,262 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Forest Park Elementary School from the closest public school, Lakeside Middle School. The five-mile area around Forest Park Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Forest Park Elementary School ranks 4th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.7% against a local average of 28.8%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 5% over 4 years, reaching 558 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.5:1 to 14.9:1 over the same years.
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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 Fort Wayne Community Schools
- 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
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 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
Other Forest Park Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Forest Park Elementary. Forest Park Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Forest Park Elementary SchoolBrazil, IN · 232 students
- Forest Park ElementaryFremont, CA · 725 students
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 613 students
- Forest Park ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 522 students
- Forest Park ElementaryKannapolis, NC · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside Middle School0.6 mi · 452
- North Side High School0.8 mi · 1,383
- Memorial Park Middle School1.5 mi · 627
- Bloomingdale Elementary School1.5 mi · 331
- Brentwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 415
- Allen Co Juvenile Center1.6 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Forest Park Elementary School?
Forest Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades PK-05.
Is Forest Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Forest Park Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Forest Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Forest Park Elementary School?
Forest Park Elementary School reports a student body of 37% White, 24% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Forest Park Elementary School public or private?
Forest Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.