Dynamic Minds Academy

Set in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dynamic Minds Academy is a minimally staffed all-grades campus, overseen by Dynamic Minds Academy. It hosts 135 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 75% below the state mean of about 531.

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

In terms of who attends, Dynamic Minds Academy records that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 24.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Marion County's rate of about 60%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Dynamic Minds Academy is one.

Lawrence North High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dynamic Minds Academy.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Dynamic Minds Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Dynamic Minds Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.