Summary:
Mays Community Academy is the only school in this area—a PK–6 elementary school with 101 students in Mays, Indiana—and it is also its own district, Mays Community Academy. Because there are no other schools here, there is no local peer comparison; instead, the most useful context is how this school compares with Indiana as a whole. The school serves a high-need student population: 92.08% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 10.1:1, with per-student spending of $13,454 in 2023–2024.
Academically, results are below Indiana averages in every subject and grade where comparisons are available. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 16.67% in ELA, 14.81% in math, and 24% in science. Science is the relative bright spot and improved from 14.29% in 2024–2025, but it still trails the state; 4th grade science was 27.27% versus 43.8% statewide. Math declined from 24.07% to 14.81% year over year and is now the weakest broad subject. Social studies is especially low: 5th grade was 9.09% in 2025–2026 versus 47.2% statewide.
The school’s statewide standing has also slipped. Its rank-history percentile fell from 25 in 2023–2024 to 15 in 2024–2025 to 11 in 2025–2026; the district is ranked 346 out of 374 in Indiana, at the 7th percentile with 0 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 26.4%, well above the state rate of 16.7%, meaning more than one in four students is chronically absent. With only 101 students, grade-level percentages can swing widely from small cohorts, so single-year changes should be read carefully. Overall, parents should see a small, high-poverty school with favorable staffing and spending on paper, but low proficiency, high absenteeism, and a declining state rank are the most important concerns.
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