Our Schools
GEO Academies is a network of eight charter schools in Gary, Indianapolis, Indiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving 3,800 predominantly African-American and low-income students. GEO believes that all children should have access to a quality education that includes college and that education can “Beat Poverty.”
To carry out these beliefs, GEO has built a student-personalized, content-rich K-12 education approach that provides a skill-based approach to learning. It is necessary to close achievement gaps starting in elementary schools, ensure middle school students are at a high school grade level by the summer before 9th grade, and prepare low-income students to begin college courses on college campuses as early as 9th grade. By providing an accelerated pathway to college, beginning in kindergarten, GEO schools hope to break the poverty cycle prevalent in the families and communities of the students we serve.
INDIANA
21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
Gary Middle College (GMC) has two locations – East and West. Both schools are tuition-free, public charter schools that serve students in grades 9-12. GMC is a different kind of school; we seek to meet the needs of students who have experienced the kinds of challenges in their life that make earning a high school diploma in a traditional setting difficult. At GMC, we provide students, regardless of life circumstances or previous academic struggle, an evening high school program that is rigorous, individualized and supportive. Through our partnership with Ivy Tech Community College GMC students will be able to take dual credit courses with the opportunity to earn college credit; all at no cost to the student. Students who attend GMC will graduate with a Core-40 High School diploma and up to 60 college credits and their associate’s degree.
GEO Next Generation High School, a free 9-12 public charter school, opened its doors in Fall 2020. In GEO’s College Immersion Program, students are able to take free college courses on a college campus for college credits, while simultaneously earning a high school diploma. GEO Next Generation High School is a part of a network of high-quality charter schools managed by GEO Academies. It joins 21st Century Charter School of Gary a K – 12 school that demonstrates GEO’s commitment to delivering a high-quality K-12 learning experience to parents and students in the Indianapolis community.
GEO Academies takes their model virtual. GEO Focus Academy of Indiana is an online private school serving students in grades K–12 that provides high school students with an accelerated pathway to real college and career programs. GEO Focus Academy of Indiana believes all children should have access to a quality education regardless of their race, income, or home zip code. Students will have the opportunity to earn college credit through dual enrollment opportunities and excel in AP ® or honors courses while working towards obtaining their high school diploma. Students will gain real college experience by taking college classes on a college campus in their community. It is one of Indiana’s first K-12 online charter school eligible for Indiana Choice Scholarship Program (Voucher).
LOUISIANA
GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge is a free K-6 public charter school – adding a year each year. We are building a team of excellence. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8. We are a TAP school! We are committed to providing our students with instruction that is standards-based and challenging, that meets the needs of each individual student enrolled. We firmly believe that “through our doors walk college graduates.” Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge is a free K-8 public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8. We are a TAP school! We are committed to providing our students with instruction that is standards-based and challenging, that meets the needs of each individual student enrolled. We firmly believe that “through our doors walk college graduates.” Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
GEO Next Generation High School, a free 9-12 public charter school, opened its doors in 2019. GEO Next Generation High School began with 9th grade and will add a grade each year over the subsequent three years. In GEO’s Early College model, students are able to take free college courses on a college campus for college credits, while simultaneously earning a high school diploma. GEO Next Generation High School is a part of a network of high quality charter schools managed by GEO Academies. It joins GEO Prep Academy and GEO Prep Mid-City, both K-8 schools, and demonstrates GEO’s commitment to delivering a high quality K-12 learning experience to parents and students in the Baton Rouge community.
GEO Prep Baker Academy is a free K-1st grade public charter school. Opening August 2022 and modeled after GEO Prep Academy and GEO Prep MidCity, GEO Prep Baker Academy will use the same successful teaching methods and technology in an updated one-room schoolhouse environment. This promotes learning tailored to each individual student. Using this approach, our students advance academically, socially, and personally – sometimes at a surprising pace. When our teachers, staff and parents unite, great things happen. It’s an education that fits!