Grissom Elementary School

Grissom Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus in Muncie, Indiana, run under Muncie Community Schools. The school educates 411 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Muncie Community Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,188 students. Grissom Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Grissom Elementary School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% multiracial, 16% Black, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Grissom Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Delaware County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grissom Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Delaware County shows median household earnings sit near $58,127, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,683 students), Grissom Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southside Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grissom Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 18.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 528 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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