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Enrollment
527
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000537
Kekionga Middle School
2929 Engle Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46809 · (260) 467-6600 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
397 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 183 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 34% |
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
14.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
9.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
11.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Kekionga Middle School
Kekionga Middle School's state test result (11.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kekionga Middle School this school | 527 | 75.3% | 11.8% |
| Lane Middle School Fort Wayne | 644 | 72.4% | 22.1% |
| Lakeside Middle School Fort Wayne | 452 | 77.7% | 18.6% |
| Portage Middle School Fort Wayne | 380 | 80.5% | 22.4% |
| River Forest Middle School Hobart | 369 | 74.0% | 20.3% |
| Navarre Middle School South Bend | 378 | 79.4% | 3.7% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Kekionga Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #306 of 324 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #306 of 325 | #15 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #310 of 325 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #168 of 334 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #138 of 314 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #8 of 315 | #6 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #16 of 330 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #80 of 110 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
527
-46 (-8%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 527 | 36.3 | 14.5:1 | 75% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 39.3 | 13.2:1 | 74% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 36.5 | 14.7:1 | 80% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 81% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 78% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 77% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 87% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 62% (384) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kekionga Middle School.
About Kekionga Middle School
Kekionga Middle School serves students in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as a medium-sized middle school. It educates 527 students in grades 6 through 8.
Fort Wayne Community Schools is made up of 50 schools with 28,561 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Kekionga Middle School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 39%. Next come 26% Black, 19% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 9% Hispanic among all Allen County residents. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Kekionga Middle School counts 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Indiana have 15.6:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Allen County average 50%.
allk12 grades Kekionga Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Kekionga Middle School are 10.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (11.8% actual, 22.2% predicted).
Allen County has these Census figures: the median household income is $70,737, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Allen County has 92 public schools and roughly 55,262 students.
Indian Village Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 21.3%, higher than Kekionga Middle School's 11.8%.
Kekionga Middle School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Kekionga Middle School had 573 students, to 2024-25, when it had 527.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Indian Village Elementary School0.4 mi · 331
- Study Elementary School1.3 mi · 268
- Lindley Elementary School1.5 mi · 330
- Portage Middle School1.6 mi · 380
- South Wayne Elementary School1.7 mi · 340
- Harrison Hill Elementary School1.8 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Kekionga Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kekionga Middle School?
Kekionga Middle School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kekionga Middle School serve?
Kekionga Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Kekionga Middle School have?
Kekionga Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Kekionga Middle School?
Student demographics at Kekionga Middle School are roughly 19% White, 39% Hispanic, 26% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Kekionga Middle School?
Kekionga Middle School is overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools in Allen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.