John S Irwin Elementary School

John S Irwin Elementary School, an intimate K-5 school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools, teaches 302 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

John S Irwin Elementary School is one of 50 schools operated by Fort Wayne Community Schools, a district that teaches 28,561 students overall.

On demographics, John S Irwin Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 26% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at John S Irwin Elementary School qualify 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 somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, John S Irwin Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 48.0%, a residual of +16.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Allen County put median household income runs about $70,737, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Allen County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), of which John S Irwin Elementary School is one.

Weisser Park Elementary 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, John S Irwin Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 17.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John S Irwin Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 298 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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