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Fort Wayne Community Schools
A public school district in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with 51 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 28,549
- Students enrolled
- 2,130
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 3,700.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,569
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 28,549 in 2024–25
- Ranks 230th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 426 in Indiana. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,569 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 40% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Fort Wayne Community Schools spent $14,349 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,339 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $14,349 | $409.0 million | 28,506 |
| FY2023 | $14,569 | $416.9 million | 28,612 |
| FY2022 | $13,247 | $381.2 million | 28,778 |
| FY2021 | $12,821 | $364.9 million | 28,460 |
| FY2020 | $11,688 | $344.6 million | 29,486 |
| FY2019 | $10,488 | $308.4 million | 29,404 |
| FY2018 | $11,014 | $324.6 million | 29,469 |
| FY2017 | $10,689 | $322.3 million | 30,150 |
| FY2016 | $10,622 | $320.6 million | 30,182 |
| FY2015 | $10,194 | $315.5 million | 30,952 |
| FY2014 | $10,180 | $313.4 million | 30,783 |
| FY2013 | $9,861 | $299.9 million | 30,407 |
| FY2012 | $9,859 | $303.9 million | 30,821 |
| FY2011 | $9,799 | $307.7 million | 31,401 |
| FY2010 | $10,022 | $316.2 million | 31,549 |
| FY2009 | $10,173 | $319.6 million | 31,419 |
| FY2008 | $9,989 | $315.3 million | 31,561 |
| FY2007 | $10,027 | $319.7 million | 31,884 |
| FY2006 | $9,832 | $310.7 million | 31,597 |
| FY2005 | $9,339 | $294.7 million | 31,557 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $134.1 million | 25.4% |
| State | $280.1 million | 53.1% |
| Local | $113.3 million | 21.5% |
| Total | $527.5 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
51 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1803630
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Indiana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Indiana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Indiana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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