Milford Elem

Milford Elem is one of the tiny K-5 schools in Milford, Kansas, part of Geary County Schools, with 86 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 73% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Geary County Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,293 students. Milford Elem is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Milford Elem reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Milford Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Milford Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Milford Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of +5.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Geary County put median household income runs about $59,317, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Geary County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,880 students), of which Milford Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Wakefield High, roughly 6.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Milford Elem at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 87 students in 2018 compared to 86 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 72% to 83%. Class-load math has grew: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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