Milan Middle School, Milan TN - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Milan Middle School

Milan Middle School serves grades five through eight as a regular public school within the Milan Special School District, a small West Tennessee system centered on the city of Milan. The city itself functions as a rural crossroads at the junction of U.S. Routes 45E and 79, with no highway bypasses, and its economy is shaped by the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, and Milan General Hospital. Growth has been slow, and housing values and rents are modest relative to national benchmarks.

The school enrolls a student body of moderate size for its grade band, spread fairly evenly across fifth through eighth grades. The majority of students are white, with a substantial Black share and smaller proportions of students who identify as Hispanic, Asian, or two or more races. Data on economic disadvantage, special education, and English learner status were not available in the provided records, so a parent may want to check with the school district directly for those figures, which often shape the level of academic support available.

State test results from the 2024-25 school year show a mixed academic picture. In mathematics, roughly half of students scored proficient or above, a solid result that undergirds the school's standing. Social studies came in at just over half proficient, and science at a little under half. English language arts was the clear soft spot, with fewer than a third of students reaching proficiency. When these subject-area results are combined into an overall proficiency index, Milan Middle sits below the midpoint among the five school districts in Gibson County, though there is a range of performance across the county and the school is not at the bottom.

No graduation rate is reported because the school does not serve high school grades. Similarly, chronic absenteeism data was not part of the available record. The district brief turned up little in the way of recent publicly reported changes or strategic initiatives, so the immediate context for families is the school as it stands.

For a parent considering Milan Middle, the core takeaway is a school with a clear strength in math and social studies, a more modest showing in science, and a notable gap in English language arts that would be worth investigating further. The student body is predominantly white with notable Black representation, and the broader community is a slow-growing rural small city with a handful of major employers and no major development pressure. The school's position relative to other Gibson County districts is moderate rather than leading, and families with children who need strong literacy support may want to ask how the school addresses that specific area.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-852%

School 52% · District 50% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-829%

School 29% · District 34% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-844%

School 44% · District 45% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income17%Higher-income41%24 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income37%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income30%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income12%Higher-income31%19 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income18%Higher-income35%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income70%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income63%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income31%Higher-income55%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income28%Higher-income57%29 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income34%Higher-income62%27 pp gap