The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in Math. The lowest is 29% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Milan Intermediate School
Milan Intermediate School serves fifth and sixth graders in the Milan Community Schools district, a small rural district in southeastern Indiana. The town of Milan itself is best known for the 1954 state basketball championship that inspired the film *Hoosiers*, and sits roughly an hour west of Cincinnati. The community is small and rural, though the search results did not offer much detail about the town’s commercial core, major employers, or recent development patterns, so a parent would need to explore those aspects firsthand or through local sources.
The school enrolls about 160 students across two grades, making it a relatively small intermediate school. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a very small share of students identifying as Hispanic or belonging to two or more races. No Black, Asian, Native American, or Native Hawaiian students were reported enrolled. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with notable economic need.
State testing results from the ILEARN assessment provide a mixed picture. In math, roughly two out of five students scored proficient or above, which places the school near the below end of the range when compared to other districts in Ripley County. English language arts results were lower, with fewer than three out of ten students reaching proficiency. Science results were similar to the math rate, with a bit under two in five proficient. Social studies, tested only in grade five, saw roughly two in five students score proficient. Across the four tested subjects, the school’s overall proficiency index sits somewhat below the midpoint among all districts in the county. A parent should note that these results represent a single year’s snapshot and may not capture the full picture of student growth or school quality.
Because the school serves only fifth and sixth grades, there are no high school graduation data and no publicly reported chronic absenteeism figures in the available data. The district itself did not appear in search results to have had major recent changes or public controversies, though that could also reflect limited local news coverage.
Housing in the area is moderately priced relative to national averages. Typical home values in the ZIP code are above the Indiana state benchmark but below the national typical figure. The local unemployment rate is low, and median household income nationally has been stable in recent years. These economic context figures are national rather than local, so a parent may want to look for income and employment data specific to Ripley County.
The school did not report data on special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, or discipline. A parent considering this school who has a child with an IEP or language support needs may want to ask the school directly about those programs and services.
Milan Intermediate offers no AP or dual-credit courses, which is expected for a school serving only fifth and sixth grades. The academic pathway here is a traditional intermediate school model feeding into a middle or high school within the same district. The school appears to be the only option in town for these grades within the Milan Community Schools system.
For a family considering this school, the central takeaway is a small, rural intermediate school with a mostly white and economically mixed student body, math results that are a relative strength compared to its own English scores, and a need for further investigation into special education and language support services. A parent who values a small environment where their child is known by name will find that here, but the test performance data suggest that academic support at home or through school resources may be important, particularly in English language arts.
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