Summary:
Zip code 38358, located in Milan, Tennessee, contains two high schools—Milan High School and Milan High School Academy—both serving high school students under the Milan Special School District and sharing the same campus on East Van Hook Street. Milan High School is a comprehensive school with 523 students, while the Academy is a much smaller program with just 39 students, and their academic outcomes differ dramatically.
Milan High School is the clear academic leader, boasting a 98.3% graduation rate that far exceeds the state average of 90.5%, and earning a 4-star ranking (87th percentile statewide) as recently as 2023–24. Milan High School Academy, by contrast, faces significant challenges: its graduation rate is just 88.9%, its dropout rate is 7.7%, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 18.2% is nearly triple the district rate of 6.3%. Test proficiency tells a similar story—only 9.1% of Academy students are proficient in Algebra II and Geometry, compared to over 40% at Milan High School and the district level.
Several other findings are noteworthy. Milan High School's state ranking has slipped from 51st (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–24 to 131st (67th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26, though it remains above the state median. The school outperforms state averages in Algebra II, Biology I, English II, and Geometry, but lags in Algebra I and English I. Per-pupil spending also diverges sharply: Milan High School invests $13,868 per student, while the Academy spends just $6,535 despite serving a higher-need population. Data on free/reduced-price lunch eligibility and student-teacher ratios were not reported, which limits a complete comparison between these two schools.
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