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Northwest Allen County Schools

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At a glance

53^rdof 374 Indiana districts▼ 11

Better than 85% of Indiana districts

Elementary 8 Middle 2 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

12913 Coldwater Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46845·(260) 637-3155·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 85.8% of districts

Schools

8,409

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedOak View Elementary School90^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Hickory Center Elementary School up 88 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Arcola School 13.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

Northwest Allen County Schools is an Indiana district serving 8,409 students across 11 schools — eight elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school — in the suburban area north of Fort Wayne. The district ranks 53rd of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 86th percentile with 4 stars, and no test scores in this data are suppressed.

Two schools stand out as flagships. Carroll High School is the district's only high school and one of its two 5-star schools, ranking 31st of 415 high schools at the 93rd percentile, with a graduation rate of 96.7% versus Indiana's 89.7% and SAT scores far above state averages. Oak View Elementary School also earns 5 stars, ranking 90th of 1,015 elementary schools at the 91st percentile, with the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 1.8%. Just behind is Cedar Canyon Elementary School at 4 stars and the 89th percentile, posting the highest elementary science score at 68.42, the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 9.65%, and strong grade-level math results.

Among middle schools, Maple Creek Middle School leads at 58th of 486 (88th percentile), with higher ELA (54.61 vs 49.35) and math (49.95 vs 39.64) than Carroll Middle School, which nonetheless improved from 3 stars to 4 stars and from the 62nd to the 76th percentile. Maple Creek achieves this with the lowest per-student spending ($8,064) and highest student-teacher ratio (20.4) in the district, while Carroll Middle has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (32.67%). Chronic absenteeism is low across the district at 7.8%, well below Indiana's 16.7%, though Carroll Middle (11.0%) and Carroll High (12.8%) sit above the district average.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Oak View Elementary School	Public	K-5	13123 Coldwater Rd	Fort Wayne	46845	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 637-5117	442	29	15.1	12.0%	351 (79.4%)	9 (2.0%)	26 (5.9%)	36 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	88.2	90^th of 1015 public elementary schools	91.1%		92.8	48^th of 1005 public elementary schools	95.2%	42			61.1	55.8	63.2				59.7	91.7	67.4	60.3				73.0	61.6		61.6	72.1		$9,722	$135	$9,587
Hickory Center Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3606 Baird Rd	Fort Wayne	46818	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 637-3758	453	34	13.4	26.3%	333 (73.5%)	22 (4.9%)	38 (8.4%)	32 (7.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.5%)	72.4	262^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	74.2%		64.2	350^th of 1005 public elementary schools	65.2%	88			59.5	62.0	39.7				54.0	65.5	50.7	39.7				52.6	53.5		53.5	65.8		$10,710	$640	$10,069
Maple Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	425 Union Chapel Rd	Fort Wayne	46845	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 338-0802	1,024	50	20.4	16.1%	799 (78.0%)	49 (4.8%)	54 (5.3%)	64 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (5.7%)	84.1	58^th of 486 public middle schools	88.1%		83.5	66^th of 480 public middle schools	86.3%	8						52.3	57.9	53.9	54.6				49.9	53.7	46.7	50.0		55.3	55.3			$8,064	$315	$7,749
Arcola School	Public	K-5	11006 Arcola Rd	Arcola	46704	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 625-3161	227	17	13.2	32.2%	181 (79.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.0%)	74.5	242^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	76.2%		79.6	186^th of 1005 public elementary schools	81.5%	56			63.2	50.0	43.8				51.6	89.5	55.6	41.7				60.7	55.6		55.6	60.4		$11,956	$648	$11,309
Carroll High School	Public	9-12	3701 Carroll Rd	Fort Wayne	46818	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 637-3161	2,623	145	18.0	22.9%	2,027 (77.3%)	97 (3.7%)	167 (6.4%)	172 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	158 (6.0%)	84.3	31^st of 415 public high schools	92.5%		85.8	27^th of 429 public high schools	93.7%	4	70.0	40.6																			59.1	$9,546	$320	$9,226
Huntertown Elementary School	Public	K-5	15330 Lima Rd	Huntertown	46748	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 637-3181	563	32	17.7	29.7%	428 (76.0%)	19 (3.4%)	33 (5.9%)	48 (8.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.7%)	57.4	427^th of 1015 public elementary schools	57.9%		70.4	286^th of 1005 public elementary schools	71.5%	141			38.5	39.8	45.6				41.5	52.1	43.2	37.9				44.3	44.8		44.8	64.7		$9,520	$564	$8,956
Perry Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	13121 Coldwater Rd	Fort Wayne	46845	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 637-3158	545	33	16.4	19.8%	437 (80.2%)	26 (4.8%)	27 (5.0%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.0%)	72.3	263^rd of 1015 public elementary schools	74.1%		69.3	297^th of 1005 public elementary schools	70.4%	34			51.8	46.5	42.7				46.8	64.7	59.6	42.7				55.4	58.6		58.6	66.7		$9,454	$204	$9,250
Cedar Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15011 Coldwater Rd	Fort Wayne	46845	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 637-6101	508	34	15.0	9.6%	421 (82.9%)	5 (1.0%)	23 (4.5%)	31 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.3%)	86.9	112^th of 1015 public elementary schools	89.0%		84.7	137^th of 1005 public elementary schools	86.4%	25			49.4	60.5	56.6				55.5	75.3	79.0	59.0				70.8	68.4		68.4	72.3		$9,620	$387	$9,233
Carroll Middle School	Public	6-8	4027 Hathaway Rd	Fort Wayne	46818	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 637-5159	1,004	50	20.0	32.7%	764 (76.1%)	35 (3.5%)	57 (5.7%)	75 (7.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (7.0%)	73.7	115^th of 486 public middle schools	76.3%		69.9	126^th of 480 public middle schools	73.8%	11						55.1	47.7	45.4	49.4				46.5	36.5	36.1	39.6		59.6	59.6			$8,676	$336	$8,340
Eel River Elementary School	Public	K-5	12723 Bethel Rd	Fort Wayne	46818	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 338-5395	420	30	13.9	29.3%	279 (66.4%)	37 (8.8%)	36 (8.6%)	38 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.1%)	65.6	338^th of 1015 public elementary schools	66.7%		74.9	232^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	76.9%	106			48.2	48.0	54.9				50.5	51.8	52.1	31.0				44.5	52.1		52.1	62.0		$10,764	$774	$9,991
Aspen Meadow Elementary School	Public	K-5	2650 Hathaway Rd	Fort Wayne	46818	Allen County	Northwest Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 338-5345	600	37	16.3	23.5%	414 (69.0%)	46 (7.7%)	46 (7.7%)	48 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.5%)	61.1	382^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	62.4%		64.1	352^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	65.0%	30			45.9	42.5	40.2				42.9	61.2	50.9	33.7				49.0	48.1		48.1	58.7		$9,076	$403	$8,673

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fort Wayne Community Schools	3.44 mi	52	274^th
East Allen County Schools	4.53 mi	15	204^th
Smith Academy for Excellence	8.97 mi	1
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com School Corp	9.83 mi	3	268^th
Smith-Green Community Schools	9.89 mi	2	94^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.