Mays Community Academy

Mays Community Academy is one of the micro-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Mays, Indiana, part of Mays Community Academy, with 101 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 77% below the state mean of about 436.

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

On demographics, Mays Community Academy shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rush County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Rush County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mays Community Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 10.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rush County indicate median household income runs about $66,473, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rush County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,057 students), Mays Community Academy is one campus in the mix.

New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mays Community Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

Mays Community Academy operates from an outlying location. Mays Community Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 44%: 181 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.