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South Wayne Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

886^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,015 Indiana Elementary Schools

Better than 13% of Indiana elementary schools

Summary

South Wayne Elementary School is a PK–5 school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving about 340 students as part of Fort Wayne Community Schools. It ranks 886th out of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools in 2025–2026 — the 13th percentile — with a 1-star rating, while its district ranks 274th out of 374 districts statewide. Rankings over the past decade have stayed mostly between the 6th and 16th percentiles, including 6th in 2023–2024, 11th in 2024–2025, and 13th in 2025–2026.

South Wayne serves a high-need population: 80.59% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, the highest rate among nearby PK–5 schools. Chronic absenteeism was 28.5%, above the district rate of 20.2% and the state rate of 16.7%. Resources are relatively favorable — $16,142 per student in 2023–2024 and a student-teacher ratio of 10.6, both better than several nearby schools. Attendance has been volatile, moving from 40% chronic absenteeism in 2020–2021 down to 15.9% in 2022–2023 and back up to 28.5% in 2024–2025.

In 2025–2026 ILEARN results, 20.28% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 14.69% in Math, 18.92% in Science, and 24% in 5th-grade Social Studies — all below district rates of 29.96%, 29.43%, 27.7%, and 33.76%. Fourth-grade math was only 8.11%. Nearby John S Irwin Elementary School posts 45.83% ELA and 40.97% math with just 3.6% chronic absenteeism, and Weisser Park Elementary School reaches 42.32% math — both while spending less per student than South Wayne. Study Elementary School, with nearly identical poverty, scores lower in ELA (8.40%) and math (10.69%), and Merle J Abbett Elementary School and Fairfield Elementary School rank below South Wayne's percentile. Fifth-grade Social Studies improved from 8.77% to 24%, a modest sign of progress.

340

Students ?

10.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,142

Per pupil spending ?

80.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

810 Cottage Ave
Fort Wayne, IN 46807

(260) 467-8100

District: Fort Wayne Community Schools

Students who attend South Wayne Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Portage Middle School
High:	South Side High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.2%

African American:

32.6%

White:

17.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2016 → 13th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (19% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 17% Indiana)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school19%

District avg30%

Indiana avg47%

886^th of 1,015

Indiana public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

26^th of 31Elementary Schools in the Fort Wayne Community Schools

274^th of 374Fort Wayne Community Schools among Indiana districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	13.1	886 of 1015	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.0	894 of 1005	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	948 of 1011	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	936 of 1016	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	881 of 1020	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	852 of 1016	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.7	928 of 1031	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.4	902 of 1027	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	9.9	948 of 1033	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	15.5	925 of 1046	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	5.0	1002 of 1040	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	26.2	876 of 1036	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	10.8	975 of 1035	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	17.1	913 of 1015	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.8	921 of 1025	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	15.6	907 of 1009	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	10.9	936 of 1003	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	22.4	849 of 996	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	4.4	960 of 985	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	4.3	935 of 961	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.8	895 of 959	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies24%-23 vs state

English Language Arts20%

Science19%

Math15%

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th 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
South Wayne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	810 Cottage Ave	Fort Wayne	46807	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-8100	340	32	10.6	80.6%	59 (17.4%)	111 (32.6%)	130 (38.2%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (10.0%)	13.1	886^th of 1015 public elementary schools	12.7%		12	894^th of 1005 public elementary schools	11.0%	8	21.4	21.6	18.0	20.3	17.9	8.1	16.0	14.7	18.9	18.9	24.0		$16,142	$5,757	$10,386
Fairfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2825 Fairfield Ave	Fort Wayne	46807	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-5900	481	40	12.0	69.6%	62 (12.9%)	109 (22.7%)	237 (49.3%)	18 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.4%)	11.9	903^rd of 1015 public elementary schools	11.0%		10.6	913^th of 1005 public elementary schools	9.2%	10	23.6	17.2	16.2	19.5	21.4	19.0	12.2	17.7	19.0	19.0	14.9		$12,168	$2,062	$10,105
Harrison Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	355 S Cornell Cir	Fort Wayne	46807	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-7000	612	48	12.7	70.9%	92 (15.0%)	168 (27.5%)	219 (35.8%)	93 (15.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (6.2%)	27.3	749^th of 1015 public elementary schools	26.2%		24.3	781^st of 1005 public elementary schools	22.3%	32	32.5	29.8	25.0	29.0	49.4	37.2	17.1	34.0	25.5	25.5	22.7		$11,810	$2,329	$9,481
Study Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2414 Brooklyn Ave	Fort Wayne	46802	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-8500	268	23	11.7	80.2%	64 (23.9%)	70 (26.1%)	83 (31.0%)	6 (2.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (16.4%)	5.2	996^th of 1015 public elementary schools	1.9%		5	990^th of 1005 public elementary schools	1.5%	6	9.5	6.8	8.9	8.4	14.3	11.4	6.7	10.7	11.4	11.4	9.1		$14,710	$3,232	$11,478
Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1015 W Wash Blvd	Fort Wayne	46802	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-8150	206	20	10.3	74.8%	73 (35.4%)	46 (22.3%)	61 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (11.7%)	25.1	772^nd of 1015 public elementary schools	23.9%		30.6	723^rd of 1005 public elementary schools	28.1%	49	18.2	25.0	31.6	23.8	27.3	25.0	36.8	28.8	35.7	35.7	31.6		$16,337	$2,822	$13,515
Weisser Park Elementary School	Public, Magnet	1-5	902 Colerick St	Fort Wayne	46806	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(260) 467-8875	632	48	13.1	64.1%	210 (33.2%)	229 (36.2%)	128 (20.3%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.5%)	45.2	568^th of 1015 public elementary schools	44.0%		53.3	472^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	53.0%	96	37.3	28.8	46.5	37.7	40.5	42.4	44.1	42.3	28.0	28.0	47.2		$12,811	$2,015	$10,796
Whitney M Young Early Childhood	Public, Magnet	PK-K	1026 E Pontiac St	Fort Wayne	46803	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(260) 467-8950	218	19	11.4	45.9%	69 (31.7%)	67 (30.7%)	58 (26.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (10.6%)								(n/a)													$18,972	$6,050	$12,921
Bunche Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK-K	1111 Greene St	Fort Wayne	46803	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(260) 467-4790	234	18	13.3	44.0%	93 (39.7%)	62 (26.5%)	38 (16.2%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (15.8%)								(n/a)													$13,355	$1,663	$11,692
Indian Village Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3835 Wenonah Ln	Fort Wayne	46809	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-5200	331	30	10.9	71.3%	117 (35.3%)	94 (28.4%)	91 (27.5%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.9%)	16.3	856^th of 1015 public elementary schools	15.7%		27.4	752^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	25.2%	104	10.6	17.7	28.9	19.3	17.0	21.6	17.3	18.7	31.4	31.4	23.1		$13,865	$2,636	$11,230
Merle J Abbett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4325 Smith St	Fort Wayne	46806	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-5800	467	39	11.9	72.6%	18 (3.9%)	143 (30.6%)	213 (45.6%)	54 (11.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.7%)	8.2	956^th of 1015 public elementary schools	5.8%		6.2	974^th of 1005 public elementary schools	3.1%	18	14.3	18.3	12.1	15.0	11.7	21.1	9.1	14.0	15.5	15.5	9.1		$13,567	$2,910	$10,656

Frequently Asked Questions about South Wayne Elementary School

What schools do graduates of South Wayne Elementary School attend?

Students who attend South Wayne Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Portage Middle School
High : South Side High School

What is the racial makeup of South Wayne Elementary School?

Students at South Wayne Elementary School are 38% Hispanic, 33% African American, 17% White, 10% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

How many students attend South Wayne Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 340 students attended South Wayne Elementary School.

Is South Wayne Elementary School a good school?

South Wayne Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.7% of Indiana elementary schools.

What district is South Wayne Elementary School in?

Fort Wayne Community Schools

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2025–26 ILEARN & SAT test scoresNewSep 25, 2026

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