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Paul Harding Jr High School

6501 Wayne Trace, Ft Wayne, IN 46816 · (260) 446-0240 · Allen County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% 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.
  • B-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

Enrollment
422
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
347 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 719747%
Grade 822553%
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
246%
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
7718%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
9823%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
21050%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
133%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
21250%
Female
21050%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Paul Harding Jr High School→East Allen University
Based on grade levels within East Allen County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
20.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.2%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Paul Harding Jr High School

Paul Harding Jr High School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Paul Harding Jr High School this school42282.2%15.4%
Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy
Indianapolis
61767.3%37.9%
Timothy L. Johnson Academy Middle
Fort Wayne
15078.0%6.3%
Perry Meridian Middle School
Indianapolis
1,27865.3%44.3%
Southport 6th Grade Academy
Indianapolis
64370.8%30.7%
Southport Middle School
Indianapolis
1,30475.2%28.8%
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 Paul Harding Jr High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn Allen County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
15.4%#295 of 324#14 of 17
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
10.2%#302 of 325#14 of 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
20.9%#286 of 325#13 of 17
Enrollment
ranked largest first
422#218 of 334#15 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.5:1#49 of 314#3 of 16
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.1%#54 of 315#11 of 16
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
82.2%#7 of 330#1 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+17.2%#35 of 110#2 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 2024-25
Enrollment
422
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2542233.912.5:182% (347)
2023-2444036.312.1:181% (358)
2022-2343031.413.7:188% (379)
2020-214333014.4:183% (360)
2017-183602613.8:194% (338)
2015-163492414.5:194% (327)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Harding Jr High School.

About Paul Harding Jr High School

Paul Harding Jr High School is a low-enrollment middle school in Ft Wayne, Indiana, one of the schools in East Allen County Schools. Total enrollment is 422 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8. It has 29% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Indiana (about 594).

East Allen County Schools counts 10,136 students in its 15 schools, and Paul Harding Jr High School is one of them.

The student body at Paul Harding Jr High School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 50%. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 18% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. Allen County as a whole is about 5% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.5:1. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is 3.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Allen County is 50%.

On the allk12 Grade, Paul Harding Jr High School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Indiana public middle schools.

A school with Paul Harding Jr High School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 17.4%. Paul Harding Jr High School scores 15.4%, 1.9 points below that line.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Allen County show that the median household earns about $70,737 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Allen County has 92 public schools with about 55,262 students, including Paul Harding Jr High School.

Paul Harding Jr High School's closest public school neighbor is East Allen University, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Paul Harding Jr High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

Paul Harding Jr High School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 433 to 422, a 3% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 12.5:1.

Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Paul Harding Jr High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Allen County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Paul Harding Jr High School
District
East Allen County Schools
Address
6501 Wayne Trace, Ft Wayne, IN 46816
Phone
(260) 446-0240
County
Allen County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
422
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
12.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
347 (82%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
180285002509
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Paul Harding Jr High School
What is the total enrollment at Paul Harding Jr High School?
Paul Harding Jr High School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Paul Harding Jr High School serve?
Paul Harding Jr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Paul Harding Jr High School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Paul Harding Jr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paul Harding Jr High School?
At Paul Harding Jr High School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 18% Hispanic, 23% Black, 50% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Paul Harding Jr High School?
Paul Harding Jr High School is overseen by East Allen County Schools in Allen County.
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