Summary:
ZIP code 46803 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has just one listed middle school: Memorial Park Middle School, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 627 students, and is part of Fort Wayne Community Schools. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it with, so the most useful comparisons are against its own district, the state of Indiana, and its own prior-year results.
Memorial Park stands out for steady improvement. Its state rank climbed from 211 of 491 (57th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24 to 163 of 480 (66th percentile) in 2024–25, and then to 138 of 486 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26. That is a gain of 73 rank positions and 15 percentile points. Proficiency in 2025–26 also beats the district in every all-grades subject: ELA 50.26 vs 29.96, Math 39.65 vs 29.43, and Science 42.42 vs 27.7. ELA is the strongest area — every reported grade level beat both the district and the state, and grade 8 ELA reached 56.38 versus the state's 44.0. Math is comparatively weaker in the upper grades: grade 7 Math was 34.05, just below the state's 35.9, and grade 8 Math was 34.59, only 0.39 points above the state's 34.2. Grade 6 Math was much stronger at 49.50 versus the state's 40.2.
Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism is 10.0%, about half the district's 20.2% and well below the state's 16.7%. The student-teacher ratio is 13.2, per-student spending was $12,619 in 2023–24, and 61.08% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Notably, the district overall is ranked 274 of 374 (27th percentile) with 1 star, while Memorial Park earned 4 stars, making it a bright spot locally. The clearest area for growth is upper-grade math.
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