Enrollment
301
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CHATHAMS·NCES 340000406017
Milton Avenue School
16 MILTON AVENUE, CHATHAM, NJ 07928 · (973) 457-2508 · Morris County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
8 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 42 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 21% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
88.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
88.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2023-24 | 94.7% | 98.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Milton Avenue School
Milton Avenue School's state test result (92.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Avenue School this school | 301 | 2.7% | 92.7% |
| Central School GLEN ROCK | 299 | 1.0% | 71.5% |
| Washington Avenue School CHATHAM | 286 | 3.8% | 79.3% |
| McKinley Elementary School Westfield | 291 | 2.1% | 68.8% |
| William Mason School MONTVILLE | 285 | 3.9% | 63.5% |
| Hillside Elementary School Allendale | 348 | 2.0% | 78.1% |
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 Milton Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.7% | #2 of 1,290 | #1 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #13 of 1,319 ▼ 12 | #2 of 77 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #20 of 1,319 ▼ 17 | #2 of 77 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #1,099 of 1,562 | #58 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #490 of 1,390 | #42 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #776 of 1,392 | #49 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.7% | #1,407 of 1,481 | #80 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #429 of 545 | #34 of 40 |
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
301
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 301 | 28.6 | 10.5:1 | 3% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 25.6 | 11.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 25.1 | 11.2:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 19.1 | 15.2:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 16 | 22.4:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 14 | 17.8:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milton Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (291 to 301); teachers up 50% (19.1 to 28.6).
About Milton Avenue School
Milton Avenue School is an elementary school in CHATHAM, New Jersey, reachable at (973) 457-2508. The school counts 301 students across pre-K through 3. The school's enrollment is 26% smaller than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
School District of the Chathams is the district for Milton Avenue School. It has 6 schools and 3,548 students.
A majority of students at Milton Avenue School, 67%, are White. Next come 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 68% of residents are White. Milton Avenue School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Milton Avenue School was 10.5:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 3%. It compares with 19% for public schools in Morris County.
The allk12 Grade for Milton Avenue School is A+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Milton Avenue School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 92.7% is 28.0 points above the 64.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Morris County has about 514,528 residents, and median household income is about $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 156 public schools in Morris County, with a combined enrollment of about 72,239.
The nearest other public school, Chatham Middle School, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.7%; Milton Avenue School's is 92.7%, ranking 1st of 9.
In the federal locale system, Milton Avenue School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 284 to 301. Students per teacher fell from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 10.5 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Milton Avenue School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District of the Chathams
- Chatham High SchoolHigh · 1,205 students
- Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Lafayette Avenue SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Southern Boulevard SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Washington Avenue SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in CHATHAM
- Chatham High SchoolHigh · 1,205 students
- Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Lafayette Avenue SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Southern Boulevard SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Washington Avenue SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Chatham Middle School0.5 mi · 833
- Washington Avenue School0.9 mi · 286
- Kings Road School1.2 mi · 275
- Lafayette Avenue School1.4 mi · 554
- Washington Elementary School1.5 mi · 323
- Chatham High School1.6 mi · 1,205
Frequently asked questions
About Milton Avenue SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Milton Avenue School?
Milton Avenue School enrolls approximately 301 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Milton Avenue School serve?
Milton Avenue School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Milton Avenue School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Milton Avenue School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milton Avenue School?
At Milton Avenue School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Milton Avenue School public or private?
Milton Avenue School is a public K-12 school, overseen by School District of the Chathams.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.