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1959 – present
What they are: Allen County outside the Fort Wayne Community Schools district is served by three consolidated corporations created under the Indiana School Reorganization Act of 1959, which required districts under 2,000 students to consolidate. Together with FWCS they are the public school map of the Fort Wayne area.
East Allen County Schools was organized in 1964 — its first superintendent was Paul Harding — and runs New Haven, Leo, Heritage and Woodlan high schools, plus East Allen University (in the Harding entry, above).
Northwest Allen County Schools was organized in 1965 from the Lake, Eel River and Perry township schools. Its board voted in 1967 to merge the Arcola and Huntertown high schools into one new school south of Huntertown, and Carroll High School opened in 1969, named for Carroll Road. The Chargers now enroll about 2,600 students.
Southwest Allen County Schools (the MSD of Southwest Allen) runs Homestead High School, established in 1970 at 4310 Homestead Rd. The Spartans enroll about 2,400 students and are Carroll's great rival.
Sources:
- Northwest Allen County Schools; Carroll High School (Wikipedia) — the 1959 Act; organization 1965; Carroll opened 1969.
- Homestead High School (Indiana) (Wikipedia) — established 1970.
- Paul Harding High School (Wikipedia) — EACS organized under Harding from 1964.
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25, via SchoolDistrictFinder — Carroll and Homestead enrollments.