Michigan City Area Schools is a
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
North America United States
In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...
based in
Michigan City, Indiana
Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana Metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City Combined sta ...
in
LaPorte County. It serves students in Michigan City and several adjacent towns and villages. It operates one
high school
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, two
middle schools
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, and eight
elementary schools
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
. Two schools, Elston Middle School and Niemann Elementary School, closed at the end of the 2013/2014 school year.
Current Facilities
Career and Technical Education
A K Smith Career Center
A part of the Elston property A K Smith Career Center was built in 1966
and is still serving the community as a career center. It is named after a former Michigan City Area Schools superintendent.
High and Middle Schools
Elston
Built in 1909 as a high school. In 1924 a junior high school was added to the property. The high school served the community until 1995 when all area high school students began attending Michigan City High School, which, prior to 1995 was known as Rogers. The junior high portion served until 2014.
Elementary schools
References
External links
Michigan City Area Schools websiteMCAS Overview at IDOE Website
School districts in Indiana
Education in LaPorte County, Indiana
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