Milton Elementary School

Milton Elementary School is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in Milton, Vermont, run under Milton School District, teacheing 625 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 193% bigger than the state mean of about 213.

Milton Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Milton School District, a district that instructs 1,439 students overall.

Demographically, Milton Elementary School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. Compared to Chittenden County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Milton Elementary School logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Chittenden County's rate of about 33%.

In the area at large, Chittenden County reports that median household earnings sit near $96,759, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Chittenden County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students), Milton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Milton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Milton Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 854 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 95% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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