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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Cowan Elementary School, Muncie, IN

Cowan Elementary School is a public elementary school in Muncie, part of Cowan Community School Corp. It enrolled 409 students in 2024-25, with 14.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
409
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
14.6
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 0.9 higher than the district figure of 13.7. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.6
District13.7
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
1000 W Cr 600 S, Muncie, IN 47302
Phone
(765)289-7129
District
Cowan Community School Corp
County
Delaware County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
180702001199
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
191
Reduced-price lunch
30
Free or reduced-price lunch
22154.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
147Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Muncie

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.