West View Elementary School

West View Elementary School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Muncie, Indiana, part of Muncie Community Schools, caters to 538 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 23% larger than typical.

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

Demographically, West View Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% multiracial, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Delaware County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West View Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.3%; this one delivers 29.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Delaware County put the typical household earns roughly $58,127 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. West View Elementary School is one of 36 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 15,683 students).

Burris Laboratory School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West View Elementary School. On composite proficiency, West View Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West View Elementary School has climbed 52%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 538 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 65% to 54%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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