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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Saint Joseph Central School?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000559
Saint Joseph Central School
6341 St Joe Ctr Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46835 · (260) 467-6100 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
197 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
62%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
41.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
41.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Saint Joseph Central School
Saint Joseph Central School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Central School this school | 434 | 45.4% | 39.0% |
| Hornet Park Elementary School Beech Grove | 461 | 43.8% | N/A |
| Flint Lake Elementary School Valparaiso | 476 | 47.1% | 57.2% |
| Lasalle Elementary School Mishawaka | 519 | 43.2% | 21.9% |
| Charles Elementary School Richmond | 359 | 49.6% | 62.6% |
| Slate Run Elementary School New Albany | 405 | 49.6% | 54.0% |
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 Saint Joseph Central School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #541 of 983 | #22 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #572 of 986 | #21 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #417 of 986 | #19 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #526 of 1,079 | #33 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #44 of 991 | #6 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #248 of 996 | #31 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #689 of 1,058 | #38 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #312 of 353 | #19 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
434
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 434 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 45% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 41 | 10.4:1 | 49% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 33.5 | 11.8:1 | 48% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 46% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 27.2 | 15.7:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 41% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 48% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 25% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 31 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Joseph Central School.
About Saint Joseph Central School
Saint Joseph Central School is a mid-sized elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, one of the schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools. It enrolls 434 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Fort Wayne Community Schools oversees Saint Joseph Central School and 49 other schools, with 28,561 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Saint Joseph Central School is White: 58%. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's White share is 14 points below the 71% share among Allen County residents. The diversity index for Saint Joseph Central School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Saint Joseph Central School totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 45% of students (197) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Saint Joseph Central School lands at C, ahead of 34% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.4%.
The school is in Allen County, where median household income comes to about $70,737, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Allen County's 92 public schools enroll about 55,262 students and include Saint Joseph Central School.
Arlington Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from Saint Joseph Central School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Saint Joseph Central School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 40.5% proficiency; Saint Joseph Central School posts 39.0%.
NCES describes the area around Saint Joseph Central School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Saint Joseph Central School enrolled 400 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 434. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 11.1:1.
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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 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
- Arlington Elementary School1.1 mi · 418
- Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch1.4 mi · 266
- Robert C Harris Elementary School1.4 mi · 360
- Fred H Croninger Elementary School1.6 mi · 619
- Jefferson Middle School1.9 mi · 658
- Blackhawk Middle School2.2 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Joseph Central SchoolHow large is Saint Joseph Central School?
Saint Joseph Central School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-05.
Is Saint Joseph Central School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Saint Joseph Central School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Saint Joseph Central School have?
Saint Joseph Central School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Saint Joseph Central School?
Student demographics at Saint Joseph Central School are roughly 58% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Saint Joseph Central School?
Saint Joseph Central School is overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools in Allen County.
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