Muncie Central High School

Muncie Central High School is a large school serving multiple grade levels located in Muncie, Indiana. Total enrollment is 1,337 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 12. That is 152% larger than the average of about 531 students for combined schools in Indiana.

Muncie Community Schools is made up of 11 schools with 5,188 students in all.

More than half of enrollment at Muncie Central High School is White: 53%. The next largest groups are 22% Black, 16% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The school's White share is 32 points below the 85% share among Delaware County residents. The diversity index for Muncie Central High School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are about 16.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Muncie Central High School, which has 82.7. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Indiana is 24.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Muncie Central High School is about 69%. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Delaware County is 14 points.

In Delaware County, home to about 112,280 people, 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 Muncie Central High School.

East Washington Academy sits about 0.8 miles from Muncie Central High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).

Muncie Central High School had 1,330 students in 2020-21 and 1,337 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 16.2:1 in 2024-25.

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