Residents are employed in a diversity of professional, service, and industrial occupations. In recent years there has been a shift from high employment in large industries to more diversified small industries and service occupations. Muncie is the largest employer in the county and has a positive educational and cultural influence on the community. The community provides strong support and maintains involvement in the school 's curricular and extra-curricular programs.
Parents have high expectations for the school.
2076 students in grades Kindergarten through 12. From 1986 to 1990, Mt. Pleasant township Community School Corporation experienced small declines in enrollment annually. Yorktown had a four percent population enrollment growth between the 1980 and 1990 cencesus. It is the only area of the county that experienced growth. Yorktown High School recently completed a major building renovation.