Damar Charter Academy

Damar Charter Academy operates as a very small unified-grade school in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under Damar Charter Academy. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 531 students.

Operationally, Damar Charter Academy answers to Damar Charter Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Damar Charter Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 24.5:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Damar Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Decatur Central High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Damar Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Damar Charter Academy has fell 9%, going from 198 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 29% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.