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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUNCIE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180732001235
Grissom Elementary School
3201 S Macedonia Ave, Muncie, IN 47302 · (765) 747-5401 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
305 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
12.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
20.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grissom Elementary School
Grissom Elementary School's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grissom Elementary School this school | 411 | 74.2% | 16.8% |
| Evans School Evansville | 473 | 72.5% | 16.2% |
| East Washington Academy Muncie | 492 | 69.7% | 44.2% |
| Valley Grove Elementary School Anderson | 485 | 76.5% | 22.6% |
| Cedar Hall Community School Evansville | 496 | 71.2% | 20.0% |
| Delaware Elementary School Evansville | 379 | 71.0% | 14.4% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grissom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #886 of 983 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #867 of 986 | #12 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #941 of 986 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #579 of 1,079 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #304 of 991 | #5 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #334 of 996 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #96 of 1,058 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #135 of 597 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
411
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 411 | 29.4 | 14.0:1 | 74% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 33.2 | 13.6:1 | 63% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 85% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 24 | 18.8:1 | 78% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 85% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 89% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 83% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 60% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 32 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grissom Elementary School.
About Grissom Elementary School
Grissom Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Muncie, Indiana. It teaches 411 students in pre-K through 5.
In Muncie Community Schools, 11 schools enroll a combined 5,188 students.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Grissom Elementary School. Next come 18% multiracial, 16% Black, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 85% White among all Delaware County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Grissom Elementary School are from different groups.
Grissom Elementary School lists 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 1.5 students per teacher. About 74% of students at Grissom Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 55% for public schools in Delaware County.
Grissom Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Indiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Grissom Elementary School, the prediction is 23.0% and the result is 16.8%.
Delaware County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $58,127, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Delaware County's 36 public schools enroll about 15,683 students and include Grissom Elementary School.
Grissom Elementary School's nearest public school is Southside Middle School (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Grissom Elementary School places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Grissom Elementary School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 40 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.8 to 14.0 over 4 years.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,280
Census ACS
Median income
$58,127
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
15,683 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muncie Community Schools
- Muncie Central High SchoolCombined · 1,337 students
- Northside Middle SchoolMiddle · 630 students
- West View Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- East Washington AcademyElementary · 492 students
- South View Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Other schools in Muncie
- Muncie Central High SchoolCombined · 1,337 students
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Burris Laboratory SchoolCombined · 676 students
- Northside Middle SchoolMiddle · 630 students
- Delta Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Royerton Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
Other Grissom Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Grissom Elementary. Grissom Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Grissom Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 424 students
- Grissom Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 342 students
- Grissom Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Middle School0.2 mi · 469
- Inspire Academy - A Sch of Inquiry1.0 mi · 201
- South View Elementary School1.4 mi · 470
- East Washington Academy2.1 mi · 492
- Muncie Virtual Academy2.1 mi · 62
- Excel Center - Muncie2.4 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Grissom Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grissom Elementary School?
Grissom Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grissom Elementary School serve?
Grissom Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grissom Elementary School have?
Grissom Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Grissom Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grissom Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 5% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Grissom Elementary School?
Grissom Elementary School is overseen by Muncie Community Schools in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.