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Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAWASEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180555001001
Milford Elementary School
110 S Elm Street, Milford, IN 46542 · (574) 658-9444 · Kosciusko County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
154 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 57% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Milford Elementary School→Wawasee High School
Based on grade levels within Wawasee Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
48.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Milford Elementary School
Milford Elementary School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Elementary School this school | 262 | 58.8% | 42.7% |
| Harris Elementary School Greenfield | 273 | 58.6% | 48.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Roselawn | 244 | 64.3% | 31.2% |
| Willard Elementary School Winchester | 232 | 55.2% | 36.7% |
| Attica Elementary School Attica | 247 | 56.7% | 32.3% |
| Argos Community Elementary Argos | 319 | 56.1% | 38.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Milford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Kosciusko County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #464 of 983 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #434 of 986 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #323 of 986 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #902 of 1,079 | #12 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #449 of 991 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #643 of 996 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #385 of 1,058 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.0% | #8 of 597 | #1 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
262
-235 (-47%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 262 | 17.7 | 14.8:1 | 59% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 58% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 30.5 | 14.7:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 52% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 39.3 | 14.2:1 | 51% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 51% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 49% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 24% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milford Elementary School.
About Milford Elementary School
Students in Milford, Indiana, attend Milford Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 262 students. It has 40% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Wawasee Community School Corp is the district for Milford Elementary School. It has 5 schools and 2,638 students.
By race and ethnicity, Milford Elementary School is 82% White. Next come 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
The school's 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. At Milford Elementary School, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Kosciusko County average 51%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.0%.
In Kosciusko County, the median household earns about $75,317 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Kosciusko County has 20 public schools with about 11,029 students, including Milford Elementary School.
Milford Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Syracuse Elementary School, about 4.8 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 46.3% on proficiency, and Milford Elementary School is below that at 42.7%.
Under the NCES locale system, Milford Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment records show 497 in 2020-21 and 262 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.4:1).
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Kosciusko County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,442
Census ACS
Median income
$75,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
11,029 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wawasee Community School Corp
- Wawasee High SchoolHigh · 836 students
- Wawasee Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- Syracuse Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- North Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other Milford Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Milford Elementary. Milford Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- MILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMILFORD, NE · 430 students
- Milford Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 389 students
- Milford ElemMilford, KS · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Syracuse Elementary School4.8 mi · 502
- Wawasee High School5.1 mi · 836
- Leesburg Elementary School5.9 mi · 567
- New Paris Elementary School6.8 mi · 488
- Nappanee Elementary School7.6 mi · 378
- Benton Elementary School7.9 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Milford Elementary SchoolHow large is Milford Elementary School?
Milford Elementary School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Milford Elementary School serve?
Milford Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milford Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milford Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Milford Elementary School?
Milford Elementary School reports a student body of 82% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Milford Elementary School public or private?
Milford Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wawasee Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.