Indy Steam Academy

Indy Steam Academy operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within Indy Steam Academy. Current enrollment sits at 176 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Indy Steam Academy is the operating authority for Indy Steam Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Indy Steam Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%). Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at Indy Steam Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Across Marion County's 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), Indy Steam Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Genius School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Indy Steam Academy operates from an inner-city location. Indy Steam Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Indy Steam Academy typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.