Summary:
Zip code 46802 in Fort Wayne, Indiana contains six schools — three elementary (PK–5), one middle (6–8), and two alternative schools (grades 4–12 and K–12) — with no traditional high school; five of the six are in the below-average Fort Wayne Community Schools district, ranked 274 of 374 Indiana districts at the 27th percentile with 1 star, while Smith Academy for Excellence operates as its own district.
Within the group, Lindley Elementary School posts the strongest all-grade ELA (27.86%) and Math (32.14%), and the lowest chronic absenteeism (13.9%), though its rank has slipped from the 36th to the 23rd percentile. Washington Elementary School leads in Science (35.71%) and has the highest per-student spending ($16,337) and smallest classes (10.3 students per teacher). Portage Middle School is the only middle school and the only one improving its rank (22nd to 27th to 30th percentile), with 7th-grade Math at 35.96%, essentially at the state level, but chronic absenteeism of 31.1%. Study Elementary School is the lowest performer, near the bottom at the 2nd percentile with 0 stars. Fort Wayne Virtual Academy has the highest absenteeism (49.6%) and lowest spending ($3,741), and Smith Academy for Excellence enrolls just 64 students.
Across all six schools, total enrollment is 1,563, average chronic absenteeism is 27.7% versus the state's 16.7%, and average 2025–26 all-grade proficiency is 19.4% in ELA, 20.2% in Math, and 20.1% in Science, all below district rates of 29.96%, 29.43%, and 27.7%. No school exceeds the district in ELA; only Lindley exceeds it in Math and only Washington in Science. Spending and class size do not track neatly with outcomes — Study also spends heavily ($14,710) yet has the lowest proficiency. Free/reduced lunch ranges from 54.6% to 80.53%. Some grade-level figures for Fort Wayne Virtual Academy and Smith Academy are not reported rather than zero.
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