Summary:
Otwell Miller Academy is the only school in this Otwell, Indiana area — a single-school district with one elementary school serving grades K–5 and 107 students. Because district and school figures mirror each other, the same data describes both the Otwell Miller Academy district and Otwell Miller Academy itself. The school reports 61.68% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending of $10,617, and a student-teacher ratio of 15.2 in 2024–25.
The strongest positive is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 1.7%, compared with Indiana's 16.7% state rate. Test scores show real growth in some areas. Math rose from 25.49% proficient in 2024–25 to 36.36% in 2025–26, and science jumped from 26.67% to 52.63%. Third-grade math (63.64% vs. state 51.9%), fourth-grade science (52.63% vs. 43.8%), and third-grade ELA (45.45% vs. 40.8%) all beat state averages. As a result, the school's rank improved from 19th percentile with 1 star in 2023–24 to 38th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–26 (631 of 1,015 schools).
There are clear concerns. Overall ELA fell from 31.37% to 25%, with fourth-grade ELA 10.62 points below state and fifth-grade ELA 42.2 points below state. Most striking: fifth grade reported 0% proficiency in ELA, Math, and Social Studies in 2025–26, compared with state rates of 42.2%, 42%, and 47.2%. That 0% is an exact figure, not suppressed. Note that with roughly 11 third graders, 19 fourth graders, and about 14 fifth graders, each student moves a grade-level percentage by several points, so year-to-year swings should be read cautiously. The school also ranks below median (34th percentile, 2 stars at district level), though the trend is upward.
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