Summary:
Milan, Indiana is served by four public schools — all part of Milan Community Schools — covering kindergarten through 12th grade: Milan Elementary School (K–4), Milan Intermediate School (5–6), Milan Middle School (7–8), and Milan High School (9–12), with 1,095 students enrolled altogether. The district ranks 185th of 374 Indiana districts, at the 51st percentile with 3 stars, placing it squarely in the middle of the state.
Attendance is a district-wide strength: every Milan school is below Indiana's 16.7% chronic absenteeism rate, led by Milan Intermediate at 8.6%, then Milan Middle at 10.4%, Milan High at 12.6%, and Milan Elementary at 12.9%. Milan High posts the strongest completion story locally — a 98.7% graduation rate versus Indiana's 89.7% — along with the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (46.03%) and the highest per-student spending ($13,987), but its SAT proficiency trails the state: 45.9% in reading and writing vs. 51.9%, and 21.31% in math vs. 25.6%. Milan Middle showed the clearest improvement, rising from 38th percentile and 2 stars to 56th percentile and 3 stars.
Strengths split by subject and grade level. Milan Elementary and Milan Intermediate both score above the district average in math but below it in ELA; Milan Middle is the reverse, strong in ELA (41.45%) but weak in math (28.95% vs. district 42.73%). Milan Elementary is the largest school at 462 students and has the highest student/teacher ratio at 17.2; Milan Intermediate spends the least ($9,418) yet has the best attendance and above-district math and science results. Milan Middle's 88.24% Biology End-of-Course score is far above the district's 54.72% but likely reflects a small, select group, so treat it cautiously. Overall: strong attendance and graduation rates, with below-state SAT results and uneven math and ELA performance.
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