Milton Avenue School

Milton Avenue School operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in CHATHAM, New Jersey, one of the schools within School District of the Chathams. Current enrollment sits at 301 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Milton Avenue School sits 26% below that benchmark.

Milton Avenue School is one of 6 schools operated by School District of the Chathams, a district that educates 3,548 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Milton Avenue School records that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school records 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Morris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Milton Avenue School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 3% of students at Milton Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Morris County's rate of about 19%.

After controlling for student poverty, Milton Avenue School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.7%; Milton Avenue School posts 92.7%, +28.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Morris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Milton Avenue School is one.

The closest other public school is Chatham Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Milton Avenue School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 69.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Milton Avenue School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 301). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.