Inspire Academy - A School of Inquiry

There is one school in this area: Inspire Academy - A School of Inquiry, a PK–8 school in Muncie, Indiana, within the single-school Inspire Academy - A School of Inquiry district. Although labeled an elementary school in the area summary (1 elementary, 0 middle, 0 high, 0 alternative), it serves PK–8 and has 201 students. The district ranks 295 of 374 in Indiana, at the 21st percentile with 1 star. It has ILEARN results for 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, plus context data for absenteeism, free/reduced lunch, spending, and student/teacher ratio.

Academically, Science is the clearest bright spot: all-grade Science is 43.33% in 2025–2026, and 6th grade Science is 63.16% proficient, above the state average of 41.2%. 6th grade is the strongest grade overall, with ELA and Math both at 31.58%; Math is close to the state average of 40.2%, while ELA remains below the state average of 41.3%. By contrast, 7th and 8th grade Math are both 0% proficient—exact zeros, not suppressed—compared with state averages of 35.9% and 34.2%. 8th grade ELA is 5.56% versus 44% statewide, and 3rd grade ELA is 4.35% versus 40.8% statewide. All-grade Math rose from 3.33% in 2024–2025 to 13.08% in 2025–2026, Science rose from 21.43% to 43.33%, and ELA was nearly flat, moving from 11.67% to 12.15%. Fifth-grade Social Studies declined from 13.33% to 9.52%.

Context matters for parents: chronic absenteeism is 45.7% in 2024–2025, compared with 16.7% statewide—nearly three times the state rate—and 95.52% of students receive free/reduced lunch. The school reports $14,163 per-student spending in 2023–2024 and a 14.3 student/teacher ratio in 2024–2025, so resources are present, but outcomes remain low overall. The school is improving from a very low base: statewide percentile moved from 2 to 8 to 19 across three years, and stars moved from 0 to 0 to 1. With only 201 students, grade-level percentages can be volatile. The strongest signals are the 6th grade Science result and the upward ranking trend; the biggest concerns are chronic absenteeism, near-universal economic disadvantage, and very low math proficiency, especially in 7th and 8th grades.