MILANO EL

Set in MILANO, Texas, MILANO EL is an one-room-style primary school, operated by MILANO ISD. It hosts 187 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 64% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in MILANO ISD (423 students total), MILANO EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MILANO EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MILANO EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Milam County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MILANO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Milam County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,141 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MILANO EL is one of 17 public schools in Milam County (combined enrollment of about 4,337 students).

MILANO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MILANO EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILANO EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 7%: 175 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 64% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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