The top reported proficiency rate is 18% in Math. The lowest is 3% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Paul I Miller School 114
Paul I Miller School 114 is a closed school in Indianapolis that was part of Indianapolis Public Schools. The school served a middle-grade range, and its most recent state testing results from the 2022-23 school year give a picture of academic performance in its final years of operation. In math, about one in six students met the state proficiency standard on the ILEARN assessment. In English language arts, that rate was closer to one in ten. Science and social studies proficiency rates were very low, with only a small share of students reaching the state benchmark. These results indicate that a significant majority of students were not meeting grade-level expectations in core subjects. Because the school is now closed, no current enrollment, demographic, or staffing data is available. The school was a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and was located on South Sloan Avenue on the near-south side of Indianapolis.
The housing context for the area around the former school shows home values below the Indiana state average and roughly at the national median, with rents slightly climbing. The broader Indianapolis Public Schools district has experienced substantial enrollment declines over the past decade and has restructured its approach to school choice. Families currently in the district can apply to any IPS school through a zone-based system managed by the centralized Enroll Indy application, choosing among traditional district schools, magnet programs, and Innovation Network schools that are run by external operators but remain part of the district. That choice infrastructure was in place when Miller 114 was operating, but the school itself is no longer an option.
Given that the building is closed, this narrative largely serves as a record of past academic performance. A parent or resident looking into Miller 114 today would be researching a school that no longer enrolls students. The proficiency numbers from its last tested year were low across all subjects, and a parent might want to investigate further with the district about what factors contributed to those results and whether the closure was related to performance, declining enrollment, or facility decisions. The surrounding neighborhood still has housing that is relatively affordable compared to state medians, and the Indianapolis school system continues to offer a wide array of educational models at other campuses, but Paul I Miller School 114 itself is not a current option for families.
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