Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000572
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch
5320 Rebecca Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46835 · (260) 467-6150 · Allen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
138 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
56%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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
47.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch this school | 266 | 51.9% | 37.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Valparaiso | 285 | 52.3% | 71.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Jeffersonville | 326 | 53.1% | 45.2% |
| Stringtown Elementary School Evansville | 313 | 52.1% | 26.3% |
| Boulevard Elementary School Kokomo | 340 | 53.2% | 36.9% |
| Riley Elementary School LaPorte | 291 | 48.8% | 40.3% |
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 Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #579 of 983 | #23 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #472 of 986 | #18 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #475 of 986 | #22 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #898 of 1,079 | #51 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #14 of 991 | #1 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #341 of 996 | #37 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #557 of 1,058 | #35 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #309 of 597 | #13 of 31 |
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
266
-46 (-15%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 266 | 26 | 10.2:1 | 52% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 31 | 9.2:1 | 53% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 25.8 | 12.4:1 | 51% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 60% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 50% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 50% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 50% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 24 | 21.9:1 | 31% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 28 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch.
About Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch is an elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, reachable at (260) 467-6150. Total enrollment is 266 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. It has 39% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch is in Fort Wayne Community Schools, a district with 28,561 students across 50 schools.
About 63% of the student body at Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch is White. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 10% Black. Among people living in Allen County, the White share is about 71%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch is 10.2:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Allen County is close, at 50%.
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Indiana public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.4%; the prediction is 38.8%.
For Allen County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $70,737, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 92 public schools and about 55,262 students.
The closest school to Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch is Saint Joseph Central School, located about 1.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 312 (2020-21) to 266 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.6:1 to 10.2:1.
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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
- Saint Joseph Central School1.4 mi · 434
- Robert C Harris Elementary School2.0 mi · 360
- Arlington Elementary School2.2 mi · 418
- Mabel K Holland Elementary School2.4 mi · 533
- Jefferson Middle School2.9 mi · 658
- Lincoln Elementary School2.9 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About Willard Shambaugh Elementary SchWhat is the total enrollment at Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch?
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch serve?
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch have?
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch?
Student demographics at Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch are roughly 63% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch in?
Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch is part of Fort Wayne Community Schools.
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