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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHLS·NCES 180003000083
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch
415 Mission Hill Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 · (260) 431-2601 · Allen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
166 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
36.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch this school | 535 | 31.0% | 40.0% |
| New Britton Elementary School Fishers | 572 | 32.7% | 65.5% |
| Eel River Elementary School Fort Wayne | 420 | 29.3% | 54.2% |
| Fishers Elementary School Fishers | 437 | 28.6% | 57.4% |
| Sand Creek Elementary Fishers | 520 | 27.9% | 55.0% |
| Cumberland Road Elem School Fishers | 521 | 36.7% | 61.9% |
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 Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #512 of 983 | #20 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #607 of 986 | #23 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #537 of 986 | #27 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #293 of 1,079 | #20 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #476 of 991 | #42 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #381 of 996 | #40 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #902 of 1,058 | #43 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #271 of 353 | #15 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
535
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 535 | 35.8 | 15.0:1 | 31% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 35% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 36.5 | 15.3:1 | 33% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 28% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 27.7 | 18.7:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 21% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 1% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch.
About Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 535 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students.
District-wide, MSD Southwest Allen County Schls has 10 schools and 7,502 students.
At Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch, White students make up 65% of the student body. Next come 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.0:1. That is close to the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allen County is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch is C. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.0%) and its predicted rate (53.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Allen County show that the median household income is $70,737, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch is one of 92 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch is Deer Ridge Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 63.1%, higher than Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch's 40.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 557 in 2020-21 to 535 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.0:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 MSD Southwest Allen County Schls
- Homestead High SchoolHigh · 2,382 students
- Woodside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Lafayette Meadow SchoolElementary · 604 students
- Aboite Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 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
- Deer Ridge Elementary1.2 mi · 430
- Arcola School2.5 mi · 227
- Haverhill Elementary School2.8 mi · 396
- Summit Middle School2.9 mi · 789
- Homestead High School3.0 mi · 2,382
- Woodside Middle School3.1 mi · 1,032
Frequently asked questions
About Whispering Meadow Elementary SchHow large is Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch?
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
Is Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch.
How diverse is Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch?
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch reports a student body of 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch in?
Whispering Meadow Elementary Sch is part of MSD Southwest Allen County Schls.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.