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What advice would you give to incoming students at Portage Middle School?
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Enrollment
380
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000555
Portage Middle School
3521 Taylor St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 · (260) 467-4500 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Indiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
306 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 34% |
Student demographics
73%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
25.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
23.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Portage Middle School
Portage Middle School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Middle School this school | 380 | 80.5% | 22.4% |
| Lakeside Middle School Fort Wayne | 452 | 77.7% | 18.6% |
| River Forest Middle School Hobart | 369 | 74.0% | 20.3% |
| Kekionga Middle School Fort Wayne | 527 | 75.3% | 11.8% |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd Marion | 500 | 80.2% | 18.9% |
| Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School Indianapolis | 455 | 70.8% | N/A |
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 Portage Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #266 of 324 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #249 of 325 | #9 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #263 of 325 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #237 of 334 | #16 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #7 of 314 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #9 of 315 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #8 of 330 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #69 of 187 | #1 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
380
-82 (-18%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 380 | 36.2 | 10.5:1 | 81% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 35.4 | 11.4:1 | 78% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 30.2 | 14.4:1 | 79% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 78% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 28.5 | 15.6:1 | 82% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 73% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 78% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 48% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 32 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Portage Middle School.
About Portage Middle School
Portage Middle School runs as a small middle school in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school enrolls 380 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average enrollment is about 594.
A total of 50 schools make up Fort Wayne Community Schools, with 28,561 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 33% of enrollment at Portage Middle School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 29% White, 25% Black, and 11% multiracial. County-wide, 9% of Allen County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Portage Middle School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 81% of students at Portage Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Allen County.
Portage Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Indiana public middle schools.
Test results at Portage Middle School are 3.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (22.4% actual, 18.6% predicted).
For the population of Allen County, the median household earns about $70,737 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allen County counts 92 public schools with about 55,262 students.
Lindley Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Portage Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Portage Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Portage Middle School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
From 462 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 380 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 15.4:1 to 10.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 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
- Lindley Elementary School0.2 mi · 330
- Study Elementary School1.1 mi · 268
- Indian Village Elementary School1.3 mi · 331
- Kekionga Middle School1.6 mi · 527
- Washington Elementary School1.9 mi · 206
- Smith Academy for Excellence2.1 mi · 64
Frequently asked questions
About Portage Middle SchoolHow large is Portage Middle School?
Portage Middle School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades 06-08.
Is Portage Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Portage Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Portage Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Portage Middle School is approximately 10.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Portage Middle School?
Student demographics at Portage Middle School are roughly 29% White, 33% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Portage Middle School public or private?
Portage Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.