Enrollment
64
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILFORD BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341017003020
Milford Public School
7 HILLSIDE AVENUE, MILFORD, NJ 08848 · (908) 995-4349 · Hunterdon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL64 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
7 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
16 students
STATE 41%
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 | 13 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 17% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · 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
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
18.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 28.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Public School
Milford Public School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Public School this school | 64 | 25.0% | 41.2% |
| Chatsworth Elementary School CHATSWORTH | 91 | 16.5% | 27.9% |
| West Cape May Elementary School West Cape May | 76 | 31.6% | 54.9% |
| Frenchtown Elementary FRENCHTOWN | 97 | 25.8% | 45.1% |
| Bloomsbury Borough School Bloomsbury | 98 | 23.5% | 52.0% |
| Long Beach Island Grade School SHIP BOTTOM | 92 | 14.1% | 49.6% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 64 | #1,539 of 1,562 | #31 of 31 |
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
64
+11 (+21%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 127
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 5.9:1
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 | 64 | 7.1 | 9.0:1 | 25% (16) |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 9.1 | 7.2:1 | 27% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 9.1 | 6.6:1 | 13% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 53 | 9 | 5.9:1 | 21% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 70 | 12.4 | 5.6:1 | 11% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 95 | 12 | 7.9:1 | 16% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 118 | 9 | 13.1:1 | 14% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 137 | 13 | 10.5:1 | 10% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 127 | 8 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milford Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (70 to 64); teachers down 43% (12.4 to 7.1).
About Milford Public School
In MILFORD, New Jersey, Milford Public School is a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 64 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
The local education agency for Milford Public School is Milford Borough School District.
Most students at Milford Public School are White: 88% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Black and 5% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Milford Public School comes in at 23%.
The teaching staff at Milford Public School is 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 9.0:1. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. On average, public schools in Hunterdon County report 16%.
Milford Public School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Milford Public School is 11.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (41.2% versus 52.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Within Hunterdon County, median household income is about $141,715, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Hunterdon County number 55 and enroll about 18,056.
The next-closest public school is Holland Township Elementary School, about 2.5 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Milford Public School at 8th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 64, 21% above the 53 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 9.0:1, from 5.9:1.
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Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Holland Township Elementary School2.5 mi · 525
- Frenchtown Elementary2.9 mi · 97
- Alexandria Township School4.3 mi · 417
- Delaware Valley Regional High School4.6 mi · 705
- Bloomsbury Borough School6.0 mi · 98
- Kingwood Township School6.0 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Milford Public SchoolHow many students attend Milford Public School?
Milford Public School enrolls approximately 64 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Milford Public School serve?
Milford Public School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Milford Public School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Milford Public School.
How diverse is Milford Public School?
Milford Public School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Milford Public School in?
Milford Public School is part of Milford Borough School District.
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