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Enrollment
469
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUNCIE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180732001252
Southside Middle School
1601 East 26th St, Muncie, IN 47302 · (765) 747-5320 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Indiana public middle schools
- FTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
402 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 5 | 1% |
| Grade 6 | 165 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%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
12.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
6.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
9.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Southside Middle School
Southside Middle School's state test result (9.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Middle School this school | 469 | 85.7% | 9.9% |
| Sarah Scott Middle School Terre Haute | 371 | 87.3% | 14.9% |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd Marion | 500 | 80.2% | 18.9% |
| Martin T Krueger Middle School Michigan City | 324 | 77.2% | 17.8% |
| John L McCulloch Junior High Sch Marion | 455 | 73.0% | 16.2% |
| Lakeside Middle School Fort Wayne | 452 | 77.7% | 18.6% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Southside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #314 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #311 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #315 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #192 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #10 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #76 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #5 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #65 of 187 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
469
-78 (-14%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 469 | 43.9 | 10.7:1 | 86% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 47.2 | 9.7:1 | 68% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 42.1 | 10.5:1 | 85% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 83% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 87% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 89% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 81% (626) |
| 2000-01 | 975 | 59 | 16.5:1 | 66% (642) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 46 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Middle School.
About Southside Middle School
The public middle school Southside Middle School is located in Muncie, Indiana. The school's 469 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students each.
Southside Middle School falls under Muncie Community Schools, which has 11 schools enrolling 5,188 students.
White students account for 56% of enrollment at Southside Middle School. The remaining students are 22% Black, 14% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census figures show Delaware County is about 85% White. By the diversity index, Southside Middle School comes in at 61%.
The school has about 10.7 students per teacher and 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 86%. For comparison, public schools in Delaware County average 55%.
Measured against Indiana public middle schools, Southside Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Southside Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (9.9%) and its predicted rate (14.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
Census estimates describe Delaware County this way: median household income is about $58,127, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Delaware County number 36 and enroll about 15,683.
The closest public school to Southside Middle School is Grissom Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Southside Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Southside Middle School is behind the 19.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Southside Middle School saw enrollment fall 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 12.2:1 to 10.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Southside Middle School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Grissom Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 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 Southside Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southside Middle. Southside Middle School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Southside MiddleFlorence, SC · 1,138 students
- SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 805 students
- Southside Middle SchoolManchester, NH · 768 students
- SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 450 students
- Southside Middle SchoolTallassee, AL · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Grissom Elementary School0.2 mi · 411
- Inspire Academy - A Sch of Inquiry1.1 mi · 201
- South View Elementary School1.4 mi · 470
- Muncie Virtual Academy2.0 mi · 62
- East Washington Academy2.3 mi · 492
- Excel Center - Muncie2.5 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Southside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southside Middle School?
Southside Middle School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades 06-08.
Is Southside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Southside Middle School have?
Southside Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
How diverse is Southside Middle School?
Southside Middle School reports a student body of 56% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Southside Middle School?
Southside Middle 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.