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Fort Wayne Community Schools

Fort Wayne, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

28,549
Students enrolled
51
Public schools
2,130
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.4:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,100
  • Kindergarten 2,116
  • Grade 1 2,164
  • Grade 2 2,107
  • Grade 3 2,179
  • Grade 4 2,133
  • Grade 5 2,141
  • Grade 6 2,003
  • Grade 7 2,012
  • Grade 8 2,116
  • Grade 9 2,150
  • Grade 10 2,194
  • Grade 11 2,157
  • Grade 12 1,977

By race/ethnicity

  • White 34%
  • Black or African American 25%
  • Hispanic/Latino 23%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Asian 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 18,200 of 28,537 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 58%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,349 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,885
  • Support services $5,751
  • Other (food service, etc.) $713

Where the money comes from

  • Local 26%
  • State 54%
  • Federal 20%

Total revenue $518.8 milliontotal spending $516.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 95% city, 5% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

3,700

District office

1200 S Clinton St, Fort Wayne IN 46802

County

Allen County

Official website

NCES District ID

1803630

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About Fort Wayne Community Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

FWCS has produced improved academic results as we have seen an increase in students who do not speak English and an increase in students coming from low-income families. FWCS is dedicated to improving academic achievement for allstudents and has many programs in place to meet their varying needs.
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Public Schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools (54)

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