Summary:
ZIP code 46815 in Fort Wayne contains four elementary schools — Fred H Croninger Elementary School, Jeff H Towles Intermediate School, J Wilbur Haley Elementary School, and Glenwood Park Elementary School — all within Fort Wayne Community Schools, together enrolling 2,334 students in grades K–5 or PK–5, except Towles, which serves grades 1–8.
Fred H Croninger Elementary School is the standout: ranked 10 of 1015 Indiana elementary schools in 2025-26 (99th percentile, 5 stars), with all-grade proficiency of 76.05% in ELA, 88.35% in math, and 71.29% in science, and chronic absenteeism of just 1.5%. J Wilbur Haley Elementary School is the lowest performer, ranked 820 of 1015 (19th percentile, 1 star), with proficiency of 23.99% in ELA and 28.78% in math, and absenteeism of 15.9%. Glenwood Park Elementary School (36th percentile, 2 stars) and Jeff H Towles Intermediate School (43rd percentile, 2 stars) sit in the middle. Note that Towles' all-grade scores include grades 6–8, so they are not directly comparable to the K–5 schools.
Despite a district rated 1 star, all four schools have chronic absenteeism below the district's 20.2% and the state's 16.7%. Poverty levels track outcomes here: Croninger has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 33.28%, while Haley (66.04%) and Glenwood (66.92%) are much higher. Spending and class size do not explain results — Croninger spends the least ($10,562 per student) with the largest classes (17.9 students per teacher) yet performs best, while Towles spends $19,715 with 13.0 students per teacher and lands near district averages. Glenwood's bright spot is math: 41.13% all-grade and 57.89% in 4th grade, above the state's 52%, even with the ZIP's highest poverty rate. Science declined at all four schools from 2024-25 to 2025-26, while 5th-grade social studies improved everywhere.
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