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Muncie Community Schools

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At a glance

307^thof 374 Indiana districts▼ 12

Better than 17% of Indiana districts

Elementary 6 Middle 2 High 1 Alternative 2Grades PK, KG-12

4301 S. Cowan Road
Muncie, IN 47303·(765) 747-5205·All Indiana district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 17.9% of districts

Schools

5,126

Students

Top rankedEast Washington Academy536^th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Northside Middle School up 55 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Southside Middle School 10.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

1★

0★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Muncie Community Schools in Indiana serves roughly 5,126 students across 10 schools — six elementary schools, two middle schools, and two alternative programs, one of which is Muncie Central High School, the district's largest school at 1,337 students serving PK-12 — and the district overall ranks 307 of 374 statewide, at the 18th percentile with 1 star, with most schools scoring below state averages.

The clearest bright spots are East Washington Academy, the strongest elementary, with 2025-2026 ILEARN All Grades proficiency of 40.52% in ELA, 45.69% in math, and 28.75% in science — all above the district's 22.96%, 26.26%, and 22.94% — though its rank slipped from the 63rd to the 47th percentile. West View Elementary School posted 38.25% math, has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 22.1% and lowest per-student spending at $11,551, and improved to the 32nd percentile with 2 stars. Northside Middle School is the middle-school standout, above district levels in all three subjects and improving from the 30th to the 45th percentile, with a Biology End-of-Course result of 76.92% in 2025-2026 and 91.43% in 2024-2025 that far exceeds the state's 45.6% and is worth verifying.

The bottom tier needs the most attention. South View Elementary School (11.22% ELA, 18.05% math, 8.06% science) and Southside Middle School (8.79%, 9.05%, 9.29%) sit near the 5th percentile with 0 stars, alongside Grissom Elementary School (4th percentile) and Longfellow Elementary School (8th percentile). Chronic absenteeism is district-wide at 35.0% versus the state's 16.7%, highest at Southside (46.3%) and Muncie Central (42.7%). Notably, higher spending and smaller classes do not reliably track with better results.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)							ILEARN Math (2026)							ILEARN Science (2026)			ILEARN Social Studies (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 4th Grade	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Youth Opportunity Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	3700 W Kilgore Ave	Muncie	47304	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 747-5223	47	6	7.8	21.3%	33 (70.2%)	3 (6.4%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (19.1%)								(n/a)								9.1	15.8						0.0	5.6						$21,614	$6,374	$15,240
Grissom Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3201 S Macedonia Ave	Muncie	47302	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5401	411	29	13.9	74.2%	249 (60.6%)	64 (15.6%)	20 (4.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (18.5%)	6.7	974^th of 1015 public elementary schools	4.0%		11.3	905^th of 1005 public elementary schools	10.0%	69			9.5	11.5	7.4				9.6	11.9	21.3	13.0				15.9	8.2		8.2	13.0		$15,741	$5,253	$10,488
Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 E Centennial	Muncie	47303	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5410	348	28	12.3	82.5%	121 (34.8%)	138 (39.7%)	19 (5.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (19.5%)	10	936^th of 1015 public elementary schools	7.8%		9	932^nd of 1005 public elementary schools	7.3%	4			11.3	18.4	4.3				10.9	26.4	29.0	10.6				21.7	18.4		18.4	12.8		$14,478	$4,188	$10,290
Muncie Area Career Center	Public	6-12	2500 N Elgin	Muncie	47303	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 747-5250	0	10	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																						$00
Muncie Central High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	801 N Walnut St	Muncie	47305	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5260	1,337	83	16.1	68.8%	708 (53.0%)	295 (22.1%)	98 (7.3%)	22 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	211 (15.8%)								(n/a)	34.6	9.7																			16.4	$12,869	$1,531	$11,338
North View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	807 W Yale Ave	Muncie	47304	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5422	384	27	14.2	60.9%	190 (49.5%)	92 (24.0%)	22 (5.7%)	15 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	64 (16.7%)	25.2	770^th of 1015 public elementary schools	24.1%		40.4	618^th of 1005 public elementary schools	38.5%	152			20.6	21.3	21.6				21.1	39.7	40.4	33.3				37.9	27.7		27.7	23.5		$11,860	$1,821	$10,039
West View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3401 W Gilbert St	Muncie	47304	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5437	538	35	15.2	63.9%	290 (53.9%)	70 (13.0%)	52 (9.7%)	27 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	97 (18.0%)	33	693^rd of 1015 public elementary schools	31.7%		29.8	731^st of 1005 public elementary schools	27.3%	38			34.0	33.3	26.0				31.5	43.6	44.1	24.7				38.3	29.8		29.8	26.0		$11,551	$1,629	$9,922
Southside Middle School	Public	6-8	1601 East 26th St	Muncie	47302	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5320	469	44	10.6	85.7%	264 (56.3%)	105 (22.4%)	31 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	66 (14.1%)	7.9	460^th of 486 public middle schools	5.3%		8.3	453^rd of 480 public middle schools	5.6%	7						10.0	8.1	8.3	8.8				11.4	7.4	8.3	9.1		9.3	9.3		35.5	$17,651	$3,277	$14,374
South View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 S Franklin	Muncie	47302	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5226	470	37	12.5	90.0%	271 (57.7%)	78 (16.6%)	28 (6.0%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (18.1%)	7.3	964^th of 1015 public elementary schools	5.0%		8.4	946^th of 1005 public elementary schools	5.9%	18			13.6	6.5	12.9				11.2	23.2	16.1	13.1				18.1	8.1		8.1	6.5		$13,787	$4,009	$9,778
Northside Middle School	Public	6-8	2400 W Bethel Ave	Muncie	47304	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5290	630	53	11.9	69.8%	335 (53.2%)	132 (21.0%)	40 (6.3%)	21 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	99 (15.7%)	44.9	265^th of 486 public middle schools	45.5%		36.2	320^th of 480 public middle schools	33.3%	55						35.5	31.6	33.7	33.6				35.8	28.2	25.4	29.8		36.3	36.3		76.9	$13,574	$2,249	$11,325
East Washington Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 E Washington	Muncie	47305	Delaware County	Muncie Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 747-5434	492	34	14.3	69.7%	279 (56.7%)	110 (22.4%)	17 (3.5%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (16.1%)	48.9	536^th of 1015 public elementary schools	47.2%		59.2	416^th of 1005 public elementary schools	58.6%	120			45.2	30.0	47.1				40.5	47.6	42.5	47.1				45.7	28.8		28.8	47.1		$11,627	$1,921	$9,706

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Burris Laboratory School	1.35 mi	1
Indiana Academy for Sci Math Hmn	1.38 mi	1	1^st
Excel Center - Muncie	1.81 mi	1
Yorktown Community Schools	3.24 mi	4	59^th
Inspire Academy - A School of Inquiry	3.99 mi	1	295^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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