Maplewood Elementary School

Set in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Maplewood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community, operated by Fort Wayne Community Schools. It works with 477 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Fort Wayne Community Schools, which oversees 50 schools and 28,561 students, Maplewood Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Maplewood Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 12% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Maplewood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Allen County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Maplewood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 24.8%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Allen County shows median household income runs about $70,737, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Maplewood Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students).

Nearest neighbor: Miami Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maplewood Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Maplewood Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 477). The White share of enrollment declined from 43% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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