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Fort Wayne, Indiana - 10 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Msd Southwest Allen County Schls #330 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,387 per pupil, Msd Southwest Allen County Schls ranks #340 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,853
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$10,387
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls operates 10 public schools serving 7,853 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 combined, 2 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Allen County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,387 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.2% local, 60.6% state, and 7.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 25/100, ranked #330 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 383.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% White, 8.7% African American, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Covington Elementary School, with a diversity index of 62.6/100.
Its largest campus is Homestead High School, enrolling 2,382 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Esacs Virtual School, at 91 students, a 26x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Homestead High School accounts for 30.3% of all Msd Southwest Allen County Schls student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Msd Southwest Allen County Schls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls school enrollment varies 26× across entities
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls school enrollment ranges from 91 students (lowest) to 2,382 students (highest), a spread of 2,291 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls student-counselor ratio is 383:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls chronic absenteeism rate is 5.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Msd Southwest Allen County Schls's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Msd Southwest Allen County Schls?
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls has 10 schools, including 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 3 combined. Total enrollment is 7,853 students.
How much does Msd Southwest Allen County Schls spend per student?
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls spends $10,387 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #330 in Indiana.
What is the demographic composition of Msd Southwest Allen County Schls?
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls students are 72.5% White, 8.7% African American, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% Asian, averaged across 10 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Msd Southwest Allen County Schls?
Msd Southwest Allen County Schls has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #330 out of 373 districts in Indiana.