Other / mixed grade configuration · Mays, IN
Mays Community Academy
Federal NCES profile for Mays Community Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 10/100.
The verdict
Mays Community Academy earns 10/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 98% of Indiana schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Indiana.
- 10
- Resource Index · Lower
- 25.3:1
- large classes for Indiana
- 57.5%
- free-lunch eligible
- 101
- students enrolled
Mays Community Academy has class sizes larger than 98% of Indiana schools. Computed live against every Indiana school reporting to NCES.
School address
NCES ID 180016802582 Verify on NCES CCD record →
NCES CCD universe card
School universe 180016802582 · Mays, IN Other · SMALL · CHARTER
101 enr · 25.3:1 · 57.5% lunch · RII 10
Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)
Mays Community Academy CCD stamps from the federal school universe. NCES Common Core of Data stamps for this campus. Read with this school → · District book → · Indiana schools → · Find another →
How Mays Community Academy compares
Mays Community Academy on the metrics families compare, against Indiana and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Indiana | Indiana avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 25.3:1 | ▲ 59% | 15.9:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 57.5% | ▲ 16% | 49.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 101 | top 97% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Student demographics
Largest group: White at 95.0% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 9.6, Mays Community Academy is less mixed than the Indiana school average of 39.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Mays Community Academy, which includes Mays Community Academy.
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing
Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.
Similar enrollment (~101 students)
Frequently asked questions about Mays Community Academy
How many students attend Mays Community Academy?
Mays Community Academy has 101 students enrolled. It is a public school in Mays, IN.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mays Community Academy?
The student-teacher ratio at Mays Community Academy is 25.3:1, which is 59% higher than the Indiana average of 15.9:1 and 61% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Mays Community Academy?
57.5% of students at Mays Community Academy are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Indiana average of 49.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Mays Community Academy?
The largest demographic group at Mays Community Academy is White at 95.0% of enrollment, in Mays, IN.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Mays Community Academy?
Mays Community Academy has a Resource Investment Index of 10/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Mays Community Academy?
None; Mays Community Academy is a single-school charter district, and Mays Community Academy is its only campus.
Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.