South View Elementary School

South View Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Muncie, Indiana, operated by Muncie Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 470 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Muncie Community Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 5,188 students, South View Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, South View Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% multiracial, 17% Black, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at South View Elementary School qualify 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%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South View Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 11.9%; this one delivers 12.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Delaware County put median household income runs about $58,127, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Delaware County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,683 students), of which South View Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Excel Center - Muncie, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South View Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 20.3%.

South View Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 66% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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