Milford Public School

Set in MILFORD, New Jersey, Milford Public School is an one-room-style K-5 school, operated by Milford Borough School District. It teaches 64 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 84% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Operationally, Milford Public School answers to Milford Borough School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Milford Public School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Black, 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Milford Public School reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Milford Public School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hunterdon County runs at roughly 16%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Milford Public School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -11.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hunterdon County put the typical household earns roughly $141,715 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Hunterdon County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), Milford Public School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Holland Township Elementary School, roughly 2.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Milford Public School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Milford Public School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 0% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 5.6:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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