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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Memorial Park Middle School?
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Enrollment
627
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000546
Memorial Park Middle School
2200 Maumee Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 · (260) 467-5300 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Indiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
383 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 | 211 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 33% |
Student demographics
72%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
43.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
36.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Memorial Park Middle School
Memorial Park Middle School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Park Middle School this school | 627 | 61.1% | 40.0% |
| Jefferson Traditional School South Bend | 591 | 59.4% | 13.3% |
| Decatur Middle School Indianapolis | 1,000 | 59.7% | 17.5% |
| Anderson Intermediate School Anderson | 490 | 67.1% | 16.1% |
| Plaza Park International Prep Acad Evansville | 610 | 56.1% | 30.3% |
| Shawnee Middle School Fort Wayne | 624 | 66.5% | 20.3% |
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 Memorial Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #143 of 324 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #164 of 325 | #7 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #124 of 325 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #131 of 334 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #83 of 314 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #15 of 315 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #74 of 330 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #81 of 110 | #7 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
627
+32 (+5%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 627 | 47.3 | 13.3:1 | 61% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 55% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 39.5 | 15.0:1 | 61% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 65% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 63% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 60% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 61% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 29% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Park Middle School.
About Memorial Park Middle School
This page covers Memorial Park Middle School, a medium-sized middle school in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school's enrollment of 627 students covers grades 6 through 8.
The district, Fort Wayne Community Schools, operates 50 schools serving 28,561 students.
Memorial Park Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 38%. Other groups include 29% Black, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 71% White. Memorial Park Middle School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Eligible students account for 61% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Allen County, the average is 50%.
allk12 grades Memorial Park Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Memorial Park Middle School is 7.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (40.0% versus 32.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
Allen County has about 392,378 residents, and the median household income is $70,737, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Allen County has 92 public schools and roughly 55,262 students.
Adams Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Memorial Park Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 29.5% on proficiency, and Memorial Park Middle School is above that at 40.0%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Memorial Park Middle School grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 595 to 627 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.5:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Adams Elementary School0.7 mi · 308
- Bunche Elementary School0.9 mi · 234
- Lakeside Middle School1.0 mi · 452
- Whitney M Young Early Childhood1.3 mi · 218
- Forest Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 558
- Weisser Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Park Middle SchoolHow large is Memorial Park Middle School?
Memorial Park Middle School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades 06-08.
Is Memorial Park Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Park Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Memorial Park Middle School have?
Memorial Park Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Park Middle School?
At Memorial Park Middle School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 21% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Memorial Park Middle School?
Memorial Park 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.