Editing Michigan City, Indiana (section)

==Education==
[[Michigan City Area Schools]], the [[school district]] covering all of the city limits,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18091_laporte/DC20SD_C18091.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: LaPorte County, IN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-12-05}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18091_laporte/DC20SD_C18091_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> includes one high school ([[Michigan City High School]]), two middle schools, and eight elementary schools.

At one time Michigan City had two public high schools: M.C. Elston High School (Red Devils) (Elston was the name of one of the middle schools located in the city and was located at the former Elston High School), and M.C. Rogers High School (Raiders). The two schools combined after the 1994–1995 school year – the first graduating class was the Class of 1996 – and now constitute the present day [[Michigan City High School]] (Wolves). The school is located at the former Rogers High School site.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} Elston Middle School, along with elementary school Niemann, closed at the end of the 2013/2014 school year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chambers|first=Richard|url=https://www.lpheralddispatch.com/news/top-14-mcas-closes-two-schools-niemann-elston/article_d8837b1e-8972-11e4-8f2c-63c159e6ec28.html|title=TOP 14: MCAS closes two schools: Niemann, Elston|newspaper=[[La Porte County Herald-Dispatch]]|date=2014-12-28|access-date=2024-12-06}}</ref>

Michigan City previously also had three [[Wikt:parochial|parochial]] high schools – [[Marquette Catholic High School (Michigan City, Indiana)|Marquette]], [[La Lumiere School|La Lumiere]], and Duneland Lutheran but, due to a lack of funds, Duneland Lutheran closed down at the end of the 2008/2009 school year.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} There are several parochial elementary schools in the city, including St. [[Stanislaus Kostka]] School, Queen Of All Saints School, and Notre Dame Catholic School. St. Paul Lutheran School closed down in the 2022-2023 school year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barrier|first=Donovan|url=https://www.lpheralddispatch.com/news/local/not-all-happy-with-news-that-st-paul-lutheran-school-in-michigan-city-will-be/article_42459a45-c42a-5d88-903c-019e6d96475f.html|title=Not all happy with news that St. Paul Lutheran School in Michigan City will be closing|newspaper=[[La Porte County Herald-Dispatch]]|date=2023-02-01|access-date=2024-12-06}}</ref>

Michigan City has a lending library, the Michigan City Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> In addition, the La Porte County Public Library operates the Coolspring branch library just outside Michigan City city limits.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.laportelibrary.org/lpcpl-info/ | title=Library Hours & Information | publisher=La Porte County Public Library | access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>