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Enrollment
941
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001704
Milam Elementary School
5000 LUKE ST, EL PASO, TX 79908 · (915) 587-2520 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL941 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
543 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 179 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 159 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (159) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 30.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Milam Elementary School
Milam Elementary School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milam Elementary School this school | 941 | 57.7% | 53.3% |
| C R Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary School COPPERAS COVE | 847 | 61.6% | 45.6% |
| Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School FORT CAVAZOS | 730 | 58.9% | 50.3% |
| Moore Elementary School ARLINGTON | 839 | 51.8% | 52.5% |
| Wood Elementary School ARLINGTON | 732 | 60.9% | 50.1% |
| Blue Haze Elementary School FORT WORTH | 735 | 55.9% | 39.7% |
Matched among Texas 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 Milam Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,176 of 4,401 | #29 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,573 of 4,466 ▼ 129 | #48 of 133 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,431 of 4,466 ▼ 100 | #51 of 133 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.5pp | #199 of 3,998 | #2 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 941 | #145 of 4,938 | #12 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,215 of 4,622 | #121 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #276 of 4,628 | #2 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #3,232 of 4,789 | #127 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #438 of 1,307 | #12 of 27 |
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
941
+208 (+28%) vs 2020
+111% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 941 | 52.2 | 18.0:1 | 58% (543) |
| 2023-24 | 916 | 49.3 | 18.6:1 | 62% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 51.3 | 16.5:1 | 60% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 56% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 48.1 | 16.4:1 | 53% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 52% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 25% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 199 | 22 | 9.1:1 | 28% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 21 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milam Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (789 to 941); teachers up 9% (48.1 to 52.2).
About Milam Elementary School
Milam Elementary School is a large elementary school in EL PASO, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 941 students. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 81% above that.
Milam Elementary School is one of the 76 schools that make up EL PASO ISD (48,118 students in total).
Milam Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 35%. After that, the student body is 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, Milam Elementary School comes in at 73%.
Milam Elementary School operates with 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.0:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Milam Elementary School reports 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in El Paso County is 16 points.
The allk12 Grade for Milam Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 64% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Milam Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.3% and a predicted 49.0%.
El Paso County census figures show that median household income is about $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. A total of 273 public schools operate in El Paso County, serving about 165,404 students.
The closest public school to Milam Elementary School is Burges High School, about 2.5 miles away. Within five miles of Milam Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 53.3% is above the 42.4% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 941, 28% above the 733 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 18.0 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Milam Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Milam Elementary. Milam Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Milam Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 811 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 590 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 561 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolWICHITA FALLS, TX · 430 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolTupelo, MS · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Burges High School2.5 mi · 1,394
- Coach Wally Hartley PK-82.6 mi · 1,256
- General Douglas Macarthur PK-82.8 mi · 889
- Cielo Vista Elementary School2.8 mi · 287
- Sunrise Mountain Elementary School3.0 mi · 397
- Bliss Elementary School3.0 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Milam Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Milam Elementary School?
Milam Elementary School enrolls approximately 941 students in grades PK-05.
Is Milam Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Milam Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Milam Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Milam Elementary School.
How diverse is Milam Elementary School?
Milam Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Milam Elementary School in?
Milam Elementary School is part of EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.