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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 46802

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School

380

Students

Top rankedPortage Middle School352^nd of 480 Indiana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Portage Middle School up 29 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

In zip code 46802, there is one middle school, Portage Middle School, serving grades 6-8. This public middle school is part of the Fort Wayne Community Schools district.

Portage Middle School has an enrollment of 405 students. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science are consistently below both the district and state averages for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 6th-grade English Language Arts proficiency was 25.61% at Portage Middle School, compared to the district average of 30.62% and the state average of 40.5%. Math proficiency for 6th grade was 23.24% at Portage Middle School, below the district's 27.62% and the state's 39.7%. Science proficiency was particularly low at 14.52% for 6th grade in 2024-2025, significantly trailing the district's 30.07% and the state's 42.4%. A notable concern is the 8th-grade math proficiency in the 2023-2024 school year, which was only 6.45%, far below the district's 14.83% and the state's 31.4%.

Further insights reveal a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is a substantial figure. The school serves a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with 77.53% qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Despite a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.4 and a relatively high spending per student of $14,211 in 2023-2024, the academic outcomes do not reflect these resources when compared to broader averages. Portage Middle School has consistently been ranked in the bottom quartile of Indiana middle schools, holding a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger in recent years, indicating a need for significant improvement in student achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (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 (2025)	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	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 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Portage Middle School	Public	6-8	3521 Taylor St	Fort Wayne	46802	Allen County	Fort Wayne Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(260) 467-4500	380	36	10.5	80.5%	111 (29.2%)	95 (25.0%)	125 (32.9%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.3%)	27.3	352^nd of 480 public middle schools	26.7%		20.9	381^st of 491 public middle schools	22.4%	29	18.6	27.1	31.2	25.6	22.6	23.8	23.4	23.2	14.5	14.5	$14,211	$1,453	$12,758

Cities Near Zip Code 46802

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fort Wayne	0.14 mi	80	300^th
New Haven	7.14 mi	4	366^th
Arcola	7.38 mi	1	62^nd
Roanoke	9.02 mi	2	60^th
Huntertown	10.56 mi	1	123^rd

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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.

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