Schools · St. Joseph

St. Joseph, IN schools

St. Joseph’s public schools score well below Indiana’s averages: 29% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend one of 9 elementary schools through grade 5, then Blackhawk Middle School or Jefferson Middle School or Lane Middle School and R Nelson Snider High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

St. Joseph’s School Grade: C

The public schools St. Joseph’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresCGraduation
Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 31%
Lower resultsHigher results
Indiana towns with similar household incomes (1,081)Better than 9%
Towns in Allen County (20)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 14,366 tested students and a graduating class of 1,998; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where St. Joseph kids go to school

Grades PK–5
9 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Fort Wayne Community Schools
Grades 9–12
B-R Nelson Snider High School 1,927 students · Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Community Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Fort Wayne Community)29%
State average 42.6%
Math (grades PK–12, Fort Wayne Community)22%
State average 35.8%
Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate
92%
IN: 90.9%
Graduating class
1,998
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #297 of 554 IN towns →

Districts

The district serving St. Joseph

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near St. Joseph

There’s no college in St. Joseph, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, 2.7 miles away.

Purdue University Fort WayneUniversity or college · Public · Fort Wayne3 mi8,212 studentsIndiana Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne5.2 mi2,227 studentsUniversity of Saint Francis-Fort WayneUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne7.1 mi1,630 studentsHuntington UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Huntington28.3 mi1,393 students

Straight-line distance from the center of St. Joseph. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Every school

All 23 schools in St. Joseph

Showing 1–23 of 23 schools
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Fred H Croninger Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 619 students
A+Public
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J Wilbur Haley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 583 students
C-Public
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Mabel K Holland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 533 students
B-Public
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Glenwood Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 532 students
B-Public
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Saint Joseph Central SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 434 students
CPublic
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Arlington Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 418 students
C+Public
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Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students
C-Public
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Robert C Harris Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 360 students
B-Public
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Willard Shambaugh Elementary SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 266 students
CPublic
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St. Charles Borromeo SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 817 students
Private
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Holy Cross Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 449 students
Private
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Concordia Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 417 students
Private
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St. Peters Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 254 students
Private
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Central Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 159 students
Private
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Peace Montessori Forest SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 154 students
Private
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Our Lady SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 152 students
Private
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Ascension Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 76 students
Private
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Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 814 students
CPublic
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Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 658 students
C-Public
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Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 644 students
DPublic
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R Nelson Snider High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,927 students
B-Public
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Blackhawk Christian SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 1,205 students
Private
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Crossroad AcademyOther · Grades 3–12 · 44 students
Private

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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