Southwick Elementary School

Set in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Southwick Elementary School is a large elementary school, one of the schools within East Allen County Schools. It serves 724 students across grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

Within East Allen County Schools, which oversees 15 schools and 10,136 students, Southwick Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Southwick Elementary School records that Asian students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 19% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Allen County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Allen County put the typical household earns roughly $70,737 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Southwick Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students).

Nearest neighbor: Paul Harding Jr High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwick Elementary School has rose 20%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 724 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 40% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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