Fred H Croninger Elementary School

Located at 6700 Trier Rd, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fred H Croninger Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus that instructs 619 students (grades K through 5), operated by Fort Wayne Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 436.

Fort Wayne Community Schools runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 28,561 students. Fred H Croninger Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Fred H Croninger Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Allen County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fred H Croninger Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.0%; Fred H Croninger Elementary School posts 81.6%, +29.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Allen County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,737, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allen County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), of which Fred H Croninger Elementary School is one.

Blackhawk Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fred H Croninger Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fred H Croninger Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 619). The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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