Summary:
ZIP code 38358 is home to exactly one elementary school — Milan Elementary School, part of the Milan Special School District in Milan, Tennessee — which serves grades PK through 4 and enrolls 846 students. The school ranks 377th out of 1,019 Tennessee elementary schools, placing it in the 63rd percentile, while its district ranks 50th out of 141 Tennessee districts with a 3-star rating.
Milan Elementary shows clear academic strengths. All-grades math proficiency is 54.4% (11.4 points above the state average of 43.0%), and ELA proficiency is 51.9% (11.3 points above the state average of 40.6%). Science is the only subject where the school trails the state, at 44.6% versus 46.9% statewide. The standout grade is 4th grade: math proficiency reaches 71.0% (a 21.6-point advantage over the state) and ELA reaches 58.1%. By contrast, 3rd-grade math sits at 34.8%, which is 7.8 points below the state average. Year over year, math proficiency improved from 46.4% to 54.4%, and ELA improved from 43.1% to 51.9%, though science dipped from 48.4% to 44.6%.
The school compares favorably to its district in every core subject, with a particularly notable 14.3-point ELA advantage over the district. Chronic absenteeism is just 8.0%, far below the 18.3% state rate, and the school has steadily climbed from the 56th to the 63rd percentile in state ranking over the past two years while maintaining a 3-star rating. Free/reduced lunch data and student-teacher ratio were not provided, which limits socioeconomic and class-size context, but per-student spending is $13,060. For parents, Milan Elementary is a solid, improving school — a strong choice for 4th grade, with 3rd-grade math and science being the areas to watch.
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