Summary:
ZIP code 46825 in Fort Wayne, Indiana is home to two public middle schools — Shawnee Middle School and Northwood Middle School — both serving grades 6–8 within Fort Wayne Community Schools and together enrolling about 1,209 students.
Neither school stands out on state measures: both hold 1 star and rank in the bottom quarter of Indiana middle schools, with Shawnee at the 22nd percentile and Northwood at the 20th — below even their own district's 27th percentile. Comparing them directly, Shawnee is modestly the stronger overall, edging Northwood in all three subjects at the all-grades level in 2025-26 (ELA +1.92 points, Math +0.62, Science +4.14). Shawnee's 7th-grade ELA, at 27.75% proficient, is the single bright spot in the data — the only grade-and-subject result at either school that beats the district average of 26.54%. Northwood's counterpoints are stronger 6th-grade ELA and both 7th- and 8th-grade math, plus notably lower chronic absenteeism (21.9% versus Shawnee's 27.2%) despite a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (70.60% vs 66.51%).
Math is the shared weakness at both schools, and it runs much deeper relative to the district than ELA does: Shawnee reaches 83% of its district's ELA rate but only 55% of its math rate, and Northwood reaches 77% of district ELA but just 53% of district math. Both schools also trail the state substantially — Northwood's 6th-grade math sits 25.8 points below the state's 40.2%. Shawnee's math proficiency slides steadily across grades, from 20.47% in 6th to 11.70% in 8th. Statewide rankings have barely moved in three years (Shawnee 22nd, 22nd, 23rd; Northwood 20th, 23rd, 20th), and while Shawnee is gaining in ELA and Science and Northwood in math, single-year shifts of 1–3 points can be normal variation. With only two schools here, these comparisons are pairwise and cannot be generalized beyond this ZIP code.
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