Tindley Genesis Academy

Tindley Genesis Academy is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under Tindley Genesis Academy. The school caters to 368 students in grades K through 6.

Tindley Genesis Academy is a school of Tindley Genesis Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Tindley Genesis Academy shows that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Tindley Genesis Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Tindley Genesis Academy is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Charles A Tindley Accelerated Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tindley Genesis Academy comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, Tindley Genesis Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 45%: 254 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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