Geist Montessori Academy

Set in McCordsville, Indiana, Geist Montessori Academy is a cozy primary school, part of Geist Montessori Academy. It enrolls 291 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

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

On demographics, Geist Montessori Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hancock County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Geist Montessori Academy is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 73.8%; Geist Montessori Academy posts 39.0%, -34.9 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Hancock County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,186 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hancock County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students), of which Geist Montessori Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Geist Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Geist Montessori Academy comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Geist Montessori Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 77% to 69%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 28.7:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.