Schools · Wayne

Wayne, IN schools

Wayne’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 19 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 19 middle schools, one of 6 middle schools and South Side High School or North Side High School.

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

CSchool Grade #340Best schools in IN (of 350)#297Highest graduation rate in IN (of 554)

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Wayne’s School Grade: C

The public schools Wayne’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 (528)Better than 12%

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 Wayne kids go to school

Grades PK–5

19 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Fort Wayne Community Schools

Grades 6–8

19 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Fort Wayne Community Schools

Grades 8

6 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Fort Wayne Community Schools

Grades 9–12

C-South Side High School or C+North Side High School Depends on your address 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 Wayne

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Fort Wayne Community SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 51 schools · 28,537 students

$14,349 per studentIN $13,688C

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

Within reach

Colleges near Wayne

There’s no college in Wayne, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, 2.5 miles away.

University of Saint Francis-Fort WayneUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne2.5 mi1,630 students Indiana Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne3.2 mi2,227 students

Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional StudiesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne3.2 mi80 students

Ross Medical Education Center-Fort WayneCareer school · For-profit · Fort Wayne4.6 mi124 students

Purdue University Fort WayneUniversity or college · Public · Fort Wayne5.5 mi8,212 students

Concordia Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fort Wayne6.8 mi276 students

Huntington UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Huntington20.2 mi1,393 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Wayne. 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.

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