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If you had an hour of school board time for MILTON EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003024
MILTON EL
2500 ASH, LAREDO, TX 78043 · (956) 273-4200 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
616 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 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 39 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas 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 15 points, placing it in Texas'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
-230 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 18.7:1
% White
0%
was 2%
% Hispanic
99%
was 96%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MILTON EL
Located at 2500 ASH, in LAREDO, Texas, MILTON EL is a mid-tier K-5 school that teaches 651 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LAREDO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MILTON EL sits 25% larger than that benchmark.
MILTON EL is one of 30 schools operated by LAREDO ISD, a district that caters to 20,271 students overall.
Demographically, MILTON EL lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Webb County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, MILTON EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 47.9%, a residual of +14.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, Webb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. MILTON EL is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).
NIXON H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MILTON EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MILTON EL has shrank 26%, going from 881 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the MILTON EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAREDO ISD
- NIXON H SHigh · 2,124 students
- MARTIN H SHigh · 1,975 students
- DR LEO CIGARROA H SHigh · 1,379 students
- LAMAR MIDDLEMiddle · 1,204 students
- CHRISTEN MIDDLEMiddle · 1,115 students
- JOAQUIN CIGARROA MIDDLEMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- UNITED H SHigh · 3,463 students
- UNITED SOUTH H SHigh · 3,252 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSONHigh · 3,240 students
- JOHN B ALEXANDER H SHigh · 3,171 students
- NIXON H SHigh · 2,124 students
- MARTIN H SHigh · 1,975 students
Nearby schools
- NIXON H S0.3 mi · 2,124
- F S LARA ACADEMY0.3 mi · 85
- RYAN EL0.8 mi · 834
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - LAREDO0.9 mi · 679
- TARVER EL1.0 mi · 421
- LAMAR MIDDLE1.1 mi · 1,204
Frequently asked questions
About MILTON ELWhat is the total enrollment at MILTON EL?
MILTON EL enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MILTON EL serve?
MILTON EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does MILTON EL have?
MILTON EL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at MILTON EL?
Student demographics at MILTON EL are roughly 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is MILTON EL public or private?
MILTON EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAREDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.