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How has Milton High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,999
High
DISTRICT 1,360 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001005
Milton High School
13025 Birmingham Hwy, Alpharetta, GA 30004 · (470) 254-7000 · Fulton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,999 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Georgia public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
344 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 489 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 513 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 481 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 516 | 26% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
58.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 7 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% |
| 2022-23 | 58.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Milton High School
Milton High School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton High School this school | 1,999 | 17.2% | 67.1% |
| Lassiter High School Marietta | 2,005 | 13.6% | 79.7% |
| North Forsyth High School Cumming | 2,151 | 22.9% | 54.3% |
| Cambridge High School Milton | 1,602 | 10.7% | 60.3% |
| McIntosh High School Peachtree City | 1,762 | 19.0% | 79.6% |
| Pope High School Marietta | 1,793 | 10.1% | 78.3% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Milton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #39 of 411 | #6 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #82 of 417 ▼ 38 | #7 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,999 | #68 of 480 | #5 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #369 of 413 | #30 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #125 of 413 | #12 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #406 of 425 | #30 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #42 of 168 | #5 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,999
-272 (-12%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,864
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,999 | 108.7 | 18.4:1 | 17% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 1,973 | 107.8 | 18.3:1 | 18% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 2,038 | 115.8 | 17.6:1 | 11% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 2,271 | 120 | 18.9:1 | 8% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 2,382 | 120.8 | 19.7:1 | 12% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 2,180 | 114 | 19.1:1 | 11% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 2,628 | 138 | 19.0:1 | 6% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 2,580 | 153 | 16.9:1 | 1% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 1,864 | 112 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milton High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (2,382 to 1,999); teachers down 10% (120.8 to 108.7).
About Milton High School
Milton High School is a large high school in Alpharetta, Georgia, administered by Fulton County. A total of 1,999 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Georgia is about 1,120 students, so this school is 78% bigger than average.
Across its 107 schools, Fulton County enrolls 87,563 students. Milton High School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Milton High School, 58%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Fulton County, the White share is about 38%. The chance that two students picked at random at Milton High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
At Milton High School, 108.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.4:1. That ratio is over the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 17% of enrollment. Among public schools in Fulton County, the average eligibility rate is 62%.
Measured against Georgia public high schools, Milton High School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Milton High School would score about 68.4%. It scores 67.1%, 1.4 points below that figure.
In Fulton County (population about 1,076,561), median household income is about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 205 public schools operate in Fulton County, serving about 138,270 students.
The nearest public school is Northwestern Middle School, at about 0.2 miles. Milton High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Milton High School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Milton High School went from 2,271 students to 1,999.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Tri-Cities High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
Other schools in Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Hopewell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,265 students
Other Milton High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Milton High. Milton High School is the largest of the 5.
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLMILTON, FL · 1,985 students
- Milton HighMilton, MA · 1,083 students
- Milton HighMilton, WI · 1,057 students
- Milton High SchoolMilton, PA · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Middle School0.2 mi · 1,167
- Crabapple Crossing Elementary School0.5 mi · 628
- Summit Hill Elementary1.8 mi · 678
- Alpharetta Elementary School2.3 mi · 498
- Sweet Apple Elementary School2.5 mi · 845
- Innovation Academy2.6 mi · 1,511
Frequently asked questions
About Milton High SchoolHow large is Milton High School?
Milton High School enrolls approximately 1,999 students in grades 09-12.
Is Milton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Milton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Milton High School have?
Milton High School employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Milton High School?
Student demographics at Milton High School are roughly 58% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Milton High School in?
Milton High School is part of Fulton County.
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