Weisser Park Elementary School

Weisser Park Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools, with 632 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% larger than the state mean of about 436.

Fort Wayne Community Schools comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 28,561 students; Weisser Park Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Weisser Park Elementary School lists that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allen County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Weisser Park Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Allen County put median household earnings sit near $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allen County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), of which Weisser Park Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whitney M Young Early Childhood, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Weisser Park Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 22.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 39% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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