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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 180825001416
Perry Hill Elementary School
13121 Coldwater Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46845 · (260) 637-3158 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
108 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 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
35%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
47.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
50.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Perry Hill Elementary School
Perry Hill Elementary School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Hill Elementary School this school | 545 | 19.8% | 50.5% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Evansville | 476 | 20.0% | 59.9% |
| Mary Frank Harris Elementary Sch Granger | 471 | 18.7% | 66.3% |
| New Palestine Elementary School New Palestine | 579 | 22.3% | 66.1% |
| Hershey Elementary School Lafayette | 538 | 22.1% | 64.9% |
| Horizon Elementary School Granger | 679 | 17.2% | 67.4% |
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 Perry Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #298 of 983 | #12 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #406 of 986 | #13 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #285 of 986 | #13 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #277 of 1,079 | #18 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #724 of 991 | #49 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #592 of 996 | #50 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #1,001 of 1,058 | #52 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #280 of 353 | #16 of 22 |
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
545
-66 (-11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 545 | 33.2 | 16.4:1 | 20% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 30.9 | 17.7:1 | 24% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 29.5 | 18.4:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 18% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 16% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 36 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Hill Elementary School.
About Perry Hill Elementary School
Perry Hill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Indiana, with an address in Fort Wayne. Enrollment stands at 545 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 25% bigger than the 436-student average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Northwest Allen County Schools serves 8,409 students across 11 schools.
Of every 100 students at Perry Hill Elementary School, about 80 are White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Allen County is about 71% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The school has 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 0.9 students per teacher. In all, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Allen County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Perry Hill Elementary School scores 50.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.5%.
Census data for Allen County show the median household earns about $70,737 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Perry Hill Elementary School, Allen County has 92 public schools.
Perry Hill Elementary School's nearest public school is Oak View Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Perry Hill Elementary School ranks 6th 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.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 611 to 545.
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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
- Cedar Canyon Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 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 Perry Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Perry Hill Elementary. Perry Hill Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Perry Hill Elementary SchoolShelton, CT · 711 students
Nearby schools
- Oak View Elementary School0.1 mi · 442
- Maple Creek Middle School0.2 mi · 1,024
- Cedar Canyon Elementary School1.3 mi · 508
- Huntertown Elementary School2.2 mi · 563
- Aspen Meadow Elementary School2.3 mi · 600
- Eel River Elementary School2.9 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Perry Hill Elementary School?
Perry Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Perry Hill Elementary School serve?
Perry Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Perry Hill Elementary School have?
Perry Hill Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perry Hill Elementary School?
At Perry Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Perry Hill Elementary School in?
Perry Hill Elementary School is part of Northwest Allen County Schools.
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