MILAM EL

MILAM EL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in MIDLAND, Texas, one of the schools within MIDLAND ISD, with 561 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Within MIDLAND ISD, which oversees 40 schools and 29,651 students, MILAM EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MILAM EL records that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 5% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Midland County as a whole is about 46% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, MILAM EL reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Midland County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, MILAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 41.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Midland County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,874, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Midland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students), of which MILAM EL is one.

The closest other public school is BARBARA CULVER JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MILAM EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILAM EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 59.4%.

MILAM EL operates from a city-core location. MILAM EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MILAM EL has expanded 25%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 561 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 68% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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