The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in Math. The lowest is 9% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Bloomingdale Elementary School
Bloomingdale Elementary School sits in the Fort Wayne Community Schools district and serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade five. Its enrollment draws from a zip code in the city of Fort Wayne where housing values sit below the state benchmark and rents have been rising at a pace that outpaces the national average, making this a relatively more affordable pocket of the broader Fort Wayne market. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, signaling a high-need population.
The school itself is a regular public school, not a charter, and state testing data from the 2024-25 school year shows that proficiency rates across the subjects tested fell below the midpoint among districts in Allen County. In math, about three in ten students met the state’s proficiency standard. In English language arts, roughly one in four did. In science, the rate was lower, and in fifth-grade social studies, fewer than one in ten reached proficiency. For a family considering this school, these results are the central fact of academic performance. A parent may want to talk with the school about how it is approaching core instruction and whether additional support programs are available for students who need them.
The student body is notably diverse. The largest groups are students who identify as Hispanic and students who identify as white, each making up roughly three in ten of the population. Black students account for about two in ten, and students of two or more races make up roughly one in seven. Asian and American Indian students together account for a small share. The school runs small for an elementary after the early primary years, with the youngest grades holding more students than third through fifth grade.
Fort Wayne itself is Indiana’s second-largest city, a mix of industrial heritage and residential neighborhoods, and it has been growing steadily. The district has recently restructured its high school program into three themed pathways — business and the arts, health sciences, and manufacturing and technology — that begin with the Class of 2028. While this change affects students once they reach high school, it gives a Bloomingdale family a sense of where their child’s education could eventually lead within the same district.
The data did not include chronic absenteeism rates, discipline figures, or English learner and special education counts, so those pieces of the student support picture are missing. A family would want to ask the school directly about how it addresses attendance and how it serves students with disabilities or language needs.
For a family whose priority is a diverse, high-need elementary in a growing city with a below-average housing market and who is comfortable with performance that lags the county average, Bloomingdale is a straightforward option. For a family seeking a school with stronger academic results, the available evidence points in a different direction.
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