Summary:
ZIP code 46809 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has three public schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools: two PK–5 elementary schools, Waynedale Elementary School and Indian Village Elementary School, and one 6–8 middle school, Kekionga Middle School, with no high school in the area.
Among the three, Waynedale Elementary School is the academic bright spot, with the highest 2025–26 rank (42nd percentile, 2 stars), the only all-grades ELA, math, and science proficiency above the district (41.67% ELA, 41.67% math, 30.77% science), and big year-over-year gains in ELA and math. Indian Village Elementary School has the ZIP’s highest science proficiency (31.37%), highest per-student spending ($13,865), and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.9:1), but its rank is lower (16th percentile, 1 star), and its ELA and math declined sharply. Kekionga Middle School has the largest enrollment (527), the highest chronic absenteeism (29.8%) and free/reduced lunch (75.33%), the lowest math (9.96%) and science (16.77%), and a 12th-percentile rank with 1 star; its grade 7 and 8 math are especially low at 6.25% and 6.8%.
Every school has chronic absenteeism above the district (20.2%) and state (16.7%), and poverty is high across all three, ranging from 68.41% to 75.33% free/reduced lunch. Resources alone do not explain outcomes: Indian Village Elementary School spends the most and has the smallest classes yet trails Waynedale Elementary School in ELA and math, while Kekionga Middle School spends the least and has the largest classes and the lowest results. Parents should note that Waynedale Elementary School is improving and outperforms the district, Indian Village Elementary School has a science strength but needs ELA and math support, and Kekionga Middle School faces the most severe math and attendance challenges; no high school is located in the ZIP, so students leave the area for grades 9–12.
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