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What's the most underrated thing about Woodside Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,032
Middle
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHLS·NCES 180003000005
Woodside Middle School
2310 W Hamilton Rd - South, Fort Wayne, IN 46814 · (260) 431-2701 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,032 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Indiana public middle schools
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
251 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 329 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 353 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 350 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Woodside Middle School→Homestead High School
Based on grade levels within MSD Southwest Allen County Schls. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
49.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Woodside Middle School
Woodside Middle School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Middle School this school | 1,032 | 24.3% | 52.7% |
| Riverside Junior High Fishers | 885 | 25.4% | 63.7% |
| Riverside Intermediate School Fishers | 891 | 24.8% | 62.7% |
| Sand Creek Intermediate School Fishers | 812 | 28.9% | 57.6% |
| Summit Middle School Fort Wayne | 789 | 24.5% | 58.4% |
| Castle North Middle School Newburgh | 758 | 25.2% | 65.2% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Woodside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #62 of 324 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #79 of 325 | #3 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #57 of 325 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,032 | #33 of 334 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #243 of 314 | #13 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #131 of 315 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #306 of 330 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #168 of 187 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,032
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 1,032 | 61.3 | 16.8:1 | 24% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 1,022 | 58.9 | 17.4:1 | 23% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 1,003 | 55.8 | 18.0:1 | 26% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 1,023 | 53 | 19.3:1 | 21% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 1,055 | 54.3 | 19.4:1 | 14% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 1,012 | 53 | 19.1:1 | 14% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 1,031 | 49 | 21.0:1 | 13% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 3% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 984 | 57 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodside Middle School.
About Woodside Middle School
Woodside Middle School is a middle school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 1,032 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Indiana enroll around 594, and this school is 74% above that mark.
MSD Southwest Allen County Schls, which runs Woodside Middle School, has 10 schools and 7,502 students.
About 69% of the student body at Woodside Middle School is White. Other groups make up 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Allen County residents are about 71% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The school lists 61.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. Compared with the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 24% of the student body. The average for public schools in Allen County is 50%.
Woodside Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Indiana public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodside Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 52.7% actual against 58.3% predicted.
The school's county is Allen County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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. There are 92 public schools in the county, enrolling about 55,262, Woodside Middle School among them.
The closest school to Woodside Middle School is Covington Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Woodside Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Woodside Middle School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Woodside Middle School enrolled 1,023; in 2024-25, 1,032. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.3:1 in 2020-21, and 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
The Woodside Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Lafayette Meadow SchoolElementary · 604 students
- Whispering Meadow Elementary SchElementary · 535 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
Other Woodside Middle schools
One other US public school is named Woodside Middle. Woodside Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Woodside Middle SchoolDes Moines, IA · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Covington Elementary School0.3 mi · 746
- Homestead High School2.0 mi · 2,382
- Deer Ridge Elementary2.0 mi · 430
- Summit Middle School2.1 mi · 789
- Aboite Elementary School2.2 mi · 497
- eSACS Virtual School2.2 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Woodside Middle SchoolHow large is Woodside Middle School?
Woodside Middle School enrolls approximately 1,032 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Woodside Middle School serve?
Woodside Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodside Middle School is approximately 16.8:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woodside Middle School?
Student demographics at Woodside Middle School are roughly 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Woodside Middle School in?
Woodside Middle School is part of MSD Southwest Allen County Schls.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.