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What's the most underrated thing about Oak View Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 180825000016
Oak View Elementary School
13123 Coldwater Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46845 · (260) 637-5117 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
53 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
64.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
74.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Oak View Elementary School
Oak View Elementary School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak View Elementary School this school | 442 | 12.0% | 70.1% |
| Childs Elementary School Bloomington | 446 | 12.8% | 75.0% |
| Cedar Canyon Elementary School Fort Wayne | 508 | 9.6% | 60.5% |
| Stonegate Elementary Zionsville | 462 | 10.6% | 68.2% |
| Eagle Elementary School Zionsville | 359 | 9.2% | 70.0% |
| Deer Ridge Elementary Fort Wayne | 430 | 16.7% | 64.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Oak View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #49 of 983 | #4 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #78 of 986 | #4 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #70 of 986 | #5 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #505 of 1,079 | #31 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #515 of 991 | #44 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #583 of 996 | #49 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #1,038 of 1,058 | #54 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #419 of 597 | #23 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
442
-59 (-12%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 442 | 29.2 | 15.2:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 30.6 | 15.2:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 29.5 | 15.4:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 19 | 21.0:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 21 | 23.7:1 | 2% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak View Elementary School.
About Oak View Elementary School
Oak View Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, (ZIP code 46845). The latest federal count shows 442 students in kindergarten through 5.
Oak View Elementary School is one of 11 schools in Northwest Allen County Schools, which enrolls 8,409 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Oak View Elementary School is 79% White. Other reported shares: 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 71% White among all Allen County residents. Oak View Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oak View Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 15.5:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 12% of students at Oak View Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 50% average among public schools in Allen County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Oak View Elementary School, the prediction is 67.0% and the result is 70.1%.
In Allen County (population about 392,378), median household income is about $70,737, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Oak View Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Allen County, which together enroll about 55,262 students.
The closest public school to Oak View Elementary School is Perry Hill Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Oak View Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 501 in 2020-21 and 442 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.7:1 to 15.2:1.
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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 Northwest Allen County Schools
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 2,623 students
- Maple Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Carroll Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,004 students
- Aspen Meadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Huntertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Perry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 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
Other Oak View Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Oak View Elementary. Oak View Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Oak View ElementaryFairfax, VA · 776 students
- Oak View ElementaryDecatur, GA · 685 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolBolingbrook, IL · 636 students
- Oak View Elem SchoolFranklin, TN · 517 students
- OAK VIEW ELEMENTARYMAPLE GROVE, MN · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Hill Elementary School0.1 mi · 545
- Maple Creek Middle School0.2 mi · 1,024
- Cedar Canyon Elementary School1.3 mi · 508
- Huntertown Elementary School2.3 mi · 563
- Aspen Meadow Elementary School2.4 mi · 600
- Eel River Elementary School3.0 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Oak View Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak View Elementary School?
Oak View Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
Is Oak View Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak View Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Oak View Elementary School have?
Oak View Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Oak View Elementary School?
Oak View Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak View Elementary School?
Oak View Elementary School is overseen by Northwest Allen County Schools in Allen County.
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