"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."
- Proverbs 22:6

St. Mary School was established in 1897 to provide Catholic students a quality education with a religious foundation. It began with 80 students enrolled who were taught by three School Sisters of Notre Dame. Due to the natural gas boom, enrollment swelled to 209 students by the year 1900, but dwindled within a few years as the natural gas ran out.

Today we continue the tradition begun in 1897 by providing a quality education with a religious foundation. The school's enrollment is 90 students. About 60% of students are Catholic Christians, while the remaining 40% are non-Catholic Christians.
 

St. Mary School aims to stimulate, nourish, and guide students to become ideal Christian citizens.
It provides education for life as expressed in Gospel living.

St. Mary School offers the following:

• Grades Pre-K to 8th
• Standards Driven Curriculum
• Technology in the Classroom
• Class Sizes of Twelve to Fifteen Students
• Uniform Policy
• Daily Liturgies and/or Prayer Services
• Service Projects 
• Hot Lunch Program
• After School Care
• Extracurricular Activities
• Bus Service by Alexandria Public Schools for Those Living Within the Alex-Monroe District
• Accreditation by the State of Indiana and Cognia
• Member of the Diocese of Lafayette Catholic Schools System
• Administration and Teachers are Degreed and Licensed in Accordance with the State