Summary:
ZIP code 47303 in Indiana has four public schools — two elementary, one middle, and one high school — with no alternative schools and about 2,394 students. Three are in Delaware Community School Corp, serving 2,046 students, and one is in Muncie Community Schools, serving 348 students. Delaware Community ranks 71 of 374 Indiana districts (81st percentile, 4 stars), while Muncie Community ranks 307 of 374 (18th percentile, 1 star).
The three Delaware Community schools are all 4-star schools. Royerton Elementary School is the ZIP’s strongest elementary: all-grade math proficiency is 64.14%, 5th-grade social studies is 69.32% versus the state’s 47.2%, and chronic absenteeism is the lowest at 8.3%, about half the state’s 16.7%. Delta High School has a 96.7% graduation rate (state: 89.7%), 13.1% chronic absenteeism, and SAT ERW proficiency of 56.78% (state: 51.9%), though SAT Math is only 28.14% (state: 25.6%). Delta Middle School is 4 stars with 8th-grade math at 48.33% (state: 34.2%) and 6th-grade science at 52.51% (state: 41.2%), but all-grade math is 42.07%, below its district’s 51.27%, and chronic absenteeism is 18.3%, above the state’s 16.7%. By contrast, Longfellow Elementary School has 0 stars, ranks 936 of 1,015 (8th percentile), and posts all-grade proficiency of 10.87% in ELA, 21.74% in math, and 18.42% in science; chronic absenteeism is 30.7% and free/reduced lunch is 82.47%.
Spending and class size do not track neatly with outcomes: Longfellow spends $14,478 per student and has a 12.3 student-teacher ratio, while Royerton spends $9,825 and has a 16.6 ratio; Delta Middle has the highest ratio at 16.7. This does not prove spending is ineffective, but it suggests poverty and absenteeism are major factors in the achievement gap. Rank trends vary: Delta High improved from 99 of 432 to 84 of 415, Delta Middle moved from 3 to 4 stars, Royerton slipped from 144 of 1,011 to 217 of 1,015 but remains in the upper quartile, and Longfellow has stayed near the bottom for three years.
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