Memorial Park Middle School

Set in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Memorial Park Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school, one of the schools within Fort Wayne Community Schools. It teaches 627 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 50 schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools (28,561 students total), Memorial Park Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Memorial Park Middle School records that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 29% Black, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Memorial Park Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Allen County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Memorial Park Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Allen County indicate median household income runs about $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Memorial Park Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Adams Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Memorial Park Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 601 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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