Milton Elementary School

Set in Milton, West Virginia, Milton Elementary School is a well-populated elementary-level community, one of the schools within Cabell County Schools. It educates 509 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 80% above the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Milton Elementary School is one of 25 schools operated by Cabell County Schools, a district that instructs 11,188 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Milton Elementary School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Milton Elementary School logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cabell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,832 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Milton Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Cabell County (combined enrollment of about 11,188 students).

Nearest neighbor: Milton Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Milton Elementary School.

Milton Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Milton Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.