Miltona Elementary

Located at 271 DALE ST, in MILTONA, Minnesota, Miltona Elementary is an one-room-style elementary school that instructs 126 students (grades K through 5), operated by Alexandria Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

Within Alexandria Public School District, which oversees 10 schools and 4,034 students, Miltona Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Miltona Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Miltona Elementary records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Miltona Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Douglas County's rate of about 31%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Miltona Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 64.2%, a residual of +8.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Douglas County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,043 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Douglas County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,781 students), of which Miltona Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carlos Elementary, around 4.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Miltona Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.1%.

Miltona Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Miltona Elementary has fell 17%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 126 in 2025.

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