Woodside Middle School

Woodside Middle School is a grades 6–8 school serving 1,032 students in South Fort Wayne, Indiana, part of MSD Southwest Allen County Schls — a high-performing district ranked 32 of 374 statewide (91st percentile, 5 stars) — and it has the largest enrollment among its nearby comparables.

Woodside itself ranks 54 of 486 Indiana middle schools for 2025–26, placing it in the 89th percentile with 4 stars. That reflects a strong recovery: after slipping to the 66th–68th percentile in 2020–21 and 2021–22, the school has climbed steadily (73rd → 84th → 88th → 89th percentile), with ELA rising from 43.25% to 55.89%, Math from 40.2% to 50.64%, and Science from 47.27% to 58.1%. Current all-grade proficiency is 55.89% ELA, 50.64% Math, and 58.1% Science — below the district's rates but above the state in every reported grade-level comparison. Among nearby schools, only Summit Middle School, just 2.06 miles away in the same district, outperforms it (93rd percentile, 5 stars, 58.6% ELA, 56.63% Math, 63.91% Science). Woodside clearly outperforms Indian Springs Middle School and every Fort Wayne Community Schools comparator, including Memorial Park Middle School and Timothy L. Johnson Academy Middle.

Woodside's most distinctive strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is just 0.4%, far below the state's 16.7% and every nearby school (7.2%–33.0%). Its free/reduced lunch rate (24.32%) is relatively low, and it posts the second-best proficiency in the group despite the lowest per-student spending ($9,989) and the highest student-teacher ratio (16.8) — a notable pattern, though spending alone doesn't prove cause. Math is the relative weak spot, particularly in grades 6 and 7, where Woodside trails the district, while 8th grade is a standout in both ELA and Math.