[citation needed] In 1974, the school moved to its present location on Walnut Street in downtown Muncie.

[3] In November 2021, students at Muncie Central organized Black Lives Matter protests, held outside of the school.

School administrators decided to move the posters into the teacher’s classroom and the officers were transferred to other buildings.

The protests made Muncie Central cancel several in-person school days while an investigation into the events took place.

Muncie Southside finished first or second at the State Fair in 12 of 13 years, starting in 2000 and concluding with their final competition in 2013.