Enrollment
86
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEARY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 200789001268
Milford Elem
401 West 12th, Milford, KS 66514 · (785) 717-4170 · Geary County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL86 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
45 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 8 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 17% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
53.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 42.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Elem
Milford Elem's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Elem this school | 86 | 52.3% | 42.4% |
| Fredonia Early Learning Center Fredonia | 92 | 54.3% | N/A |
| Hope Elem Hope | 74 | 54.1% | 42.6% |
| Logan Elem Logan | 76 | 55.3% | 39.8% |
| Valley Heights Elementary - Waterville Waterville | 112 | 53.6% | N/A |
| Udall Elem Udall | 123 | 51.2% | 42.3% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Geary County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 86 | #665 of 714 | #10 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
86
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 114
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 86 | 7.2 | 12.0:1 | 52% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 85 | 8.1 | 10.5:1 | 52% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 91 | 7.4 | 12.3:1 | 45% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 8 | 10.6:1 | 46% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 87 | 8 | 10.9:1 | 56% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 85 | 7 | 12.1:1 | 46% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 73 | 5 | 14.6:1 | 53% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 84 | 6 | 14.0:1 | 46% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 114 | 6 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milford Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (87 to 86); teachers down 10% (8 to 7.2).
About Milford Elem
A small elementary school in Milford, Kansas, Milford Elem is part of Geary County Schools. The school enrolls 86 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kansas) has about 313 students.
Geary County Schools counts 7,293 students in its 15 schools, and Milford Elem is one of them.
About 83% of the student body at Milford Elem is White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Geary County, the White share is about 59%. Milford Elem's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Milford Elem total 7.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The school counts 45 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 52%.
allk12 grades Milford Elem a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Milford Elem's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (42.4%) and its predicted rate (37.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Across Geary County, the median household income is $59,317, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. In all, Geary County has 14 public schools and roughly 6,880 students.
Wakefield High is the public school closest to Milford Elem, about 6.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Milford Elem is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 85 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 86. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.6:1 to 12.0:1.
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Geary County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,815
Census ACS
Median income
$59,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Geary County Schools
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Ware ElemElementary · 623 students
- LTG Richard J. Seitz ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Fort Riley Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Morris Hill ElemElementary · 413 students
Other Milford Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Milford Elementary. Milford Elem is the 4th largest of the 4.
- MILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMILFORD, NE · 430 students
- Milford Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 389 students
- Milford Elementary SchoolMilford, IN · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield High6.0 mi · 80
- Wakefield Elem6.0 mi · 129
- Fort Riley Elem7.9 mi · 361
- Ware Elem8.0 mi · 623
- Morris Hill Elem8.3 mi · 413
- LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary8.3 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Milford ElemHow large is Milford Elem?
Milford Elem enrolls approximately 86 students in grades PK-05.
Is Milford Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Milford Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milford Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milford Elem is approximately 12.0:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milford Elem?
At Milford Elem, the student body is approximately 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Milford Elem in?
Milford Elem is part of Geary County Schools.
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