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Wayne High School

Public Grades 9-12

324^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 429 Indiana High Schools

Better than 24% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Wayne High School is a public high school located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving 1,417 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Fort Wayne Community Schools district, which is ranked 267 out of 380 districts in Indiana and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Wayne High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Indiana high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school faces several challenges, including consistently low academic performance, with only 24.77% of students proficient or better in ILEARN/Biology, compared to 26.38% for the district. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Asian, African American, and low-socioeconomic status students. Additionally, Wayne High School has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 17.8% to 31.0% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the district average.

When compared to nearby high schools within the Fort Wayne Community Schools district, such as Northrop High School, R. Nelson Snider High School, North Side High School, and South Side High School, Wayne High School's performance is generally lower. However, when compared to high schools in other districts, such as Norwell High School and Heritage Junior/Senior High School, Wayne High School's performance is significantly lower, highlighting the stark differences in educational outcomes within the region.

1,398

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,486

Per pupil spending ?

64.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9100 Winchester Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46819

(260) 467-6400

District: Fort Wayne Community Schools

Feeder schools for Wayne High School:

Elementary:	Levan R Scott Academy
	Lindley Elementary School
	Maplewood Elementary School
	Washington Elementary School
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	Waynedale Elementary School
Middle:	Miami Middle School
	Portage Middle School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

31.9%

White:

25.5%

Hispanic:

20.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 10th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (24% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 17% Indiana)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg26%

Indiana avg42%

324^th of 429

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 15 pts since 2015

From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5High Schools in the Fort Wayne Community Schools

267^th of 380Fort 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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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	324 of 429	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	335 of 432	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.5	308 of 398	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	328 of 409	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	302 of 388	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	298 of 389	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	326 of 385	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.5	332 of 380	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.8	329 of 394	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	10.4	361 of 400	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	10.2	347 of 379	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	6.0	339 of 353	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	10.2	353 of 373	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	9.2	347 of 364	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	5.9	346 of 362	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	4.5	341 of 364	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	3.3	342 of 360	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.4	336 of 354	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	4.9	335 of 349	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	10.1	325 of 349	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	106 of 132	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	109 of 132	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	84 of 125	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.0	93 of 125	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	8.3	41 of 44	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.9	45 of 47	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.6	46 of 49	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.3	42 of 44	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	45.4	54 of 119	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.5	53 of 94	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.8	46 of 74	37.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	324 of 387	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	341 of 392	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	319 of 388	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	39.0	106 of 181	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.8	100 of 184	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.9	113 of 166	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.3	66 of 164	59.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	290 of 377	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	318 of 377	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.7	274 of 379	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	22.2	314 of 386	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	294 of 392	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	282 of 383	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	19.3	93 of 111	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.7	57 of 102	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.2	81 of 104	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.5	44 of 94	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	42.7	161 of 298	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.0	104 of 289	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.4	195 of 285	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	46.2	182 of 377	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.1	190 of 381	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.4	117 of 375	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.4	237 of 378	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)55th percentile+30 vs school

White (2025)52nd percentile+27 vs school

Special Education (2025)46th percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2025)41st percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile~ school

African American (2025)20th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)19th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-8 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)16th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2025)7th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?

Evidence-based Reading and Writing36%-18 vs state

Biology25%-21 vs state

Mathematics11%-14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)			ILEARN Math (2025)			ILEARN Biology (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wayne High School	Public	9-12	9100 Winchester Rd	Fort Wayne	46819	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-6400	1,398	92	15.2	64.7%	356 (25.5%)	446 (31.9%)	291 (20.8%)	171 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	133 (9.5%)	24.3	324^th of 429 public high schools	24.5%		22.7	335^th of 432 public high schools	22.5%	11	36.5	11.4							24.8	$12,486	$1,209	$11,277
South Side High School	Public	9-12	3601 S Calhoun St	Fort Wayne	46807	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-2600	1,405	95	14.7	71.5%	227 (16.2%)	408 (29.0%)	521 (37.1%)	119 (8.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	126 (9.0%)	13	378^th of 429 public high schools	11.9%		15.7	368^th of 432 public high schools	14.8%	10	26.4	6.7							14.3	$12,528	$1,286	$11,241
East Allen University	Public	9-12	6501 Wayne Trace	Fort Wayne	46816	Allen County	East Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 446-0240	291	17	17.2	72.2%	58 (19.9%)	26 (8.9%)	39 (13.4%)	156 (53.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)	72.9	69^th of 429 public high schools	83.9%		67.2	92^nd of 432 public high schools	78.7%	23	78.3	23.2							55.3	$10,830	$655	$10,175
Amp Lab at Electric Works	Public	11-12	1030 Swinney Ave	Fort Wayne	46802	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(260) 467-7360	0	14	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Anthis Career Center	Public	6-12	1200 S Barr St	Fort Wayne	46802	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(260) 467-1005	0	40	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North Side High School	Public	9-12	475 E State St	Fort Wayne	46805	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-2800	1,383	77	17.9	67.4%	437 (31.6%)	383 (27.7%)	323 (23.4%)	69 (5.0%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	167 (12.1%)	20.7	341^st of 429 public high schools	20.5%		18.2	351^st of 432 public high schools	18.8%	10	32.3	11.6							20.7	$11,899	$977	$10,922
R Nelson Snider High School	Public	9-12	4600 Fairlawn Pass	Fort Wayne	46815	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 467-4600	1,927	110	17.5	49.7%	809 (42.0%)	465 (24.1%)	331 (17.2%)	122 (6.3%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	190 (9.9%)	36.8	279^th of 429 public high schools	35.0%		44.6	232^nd of 432 public high schools	46.3%	47	43.9	14.6							35.8	$10,520	$994	$9,527
New Haven Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	1300 Green Rd	New Haven	46774	Allen County	East Allen County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 446-0220	1,413	92	15.3	65.5%	613 (43.4%)	295 (20.9%)	161 (11.4%)	235 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	107 (7.6%)	14.5	373^rd of 429 public high schools	13.1%		18.7	349^th of 432 public high schools	19.2%	24	29.7	8.9	29.5	37.8	34.1	24.0	24.5	24.3	8.4	$11,522	$913	$10,609
Homestead High School	Public	9-12	4310 Homestead Rd	Fort Wayne	46814	Allen County	MSD Southwest Allen County Schls	No	No	No	No	(260) 431-2202	2,382	136	17.5	22.7%	1,818 (76.3%)	175 (7.3%)	168 (7.1%)	117 (4.9%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	99 (4.2%)	93.3	8^th of 429 public high schools	98.1%		92.1	12^th of 432 public high schools	97.2%	4	78.7	43.3							75.8	$11,038	$415	$10,623
eSACS Virtual School	Public, Virtual	6-12	4310 Homestead Rd	Fort Wayne	46814	Allen County	MSD Southwest Allen County Schls	No	No	Yes	No	(260) 431-2051	91	21	4.3	25.3%	63 (69.2%)	14 (15.4%)	9 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	3 (3.3%)	51.8	193^rd of 429 public high schools	55.0%		54.9	163^rd of 432 public high schools	62.3%	30	52.4	9.5		54.6	56.3		18.2	25.0	69.2	$6,610	$267	$6,343

Frequently Asked Questions about Wayne High School

What schools feed into Wayne High School?

Wayne High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Levan R Scott Academy
Elementary : Lindley Elementary School
Elementary : Maplewood Elementary School
Elementary : Washington Elementary School
Elementary : Waynedale Elementary School
Middle : Miami Middle School
Middle : Portage Middle School

What district is Wayne High School in?

Fort Wayne Community Schools

What is the racial makeup of Wayne High School?

Students at Wayne High School are 32% African American, 25% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more races.

How many students attend Wayne High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,398 students attended Wayne High School.

Is Wayne High School a good school?

Wayne High School ranks in the bottom 24.5% of Indiana high schools.

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2024–25 graduation ratesJan 5, 2026

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