East Elementary

East Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Milton, Wisconsin, operated by Milton School District, enrolls 409 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Milton School District (3,461 students total), East Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, East Elementary lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, East Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting East Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rock County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, East Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rock County) records that median household income runs about $75,673, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Rock County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), East Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northside Intermediate, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around East Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 25%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025.

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