Summary:
The elementary-school list for Milford Area Public Schools District 124 contains one school, Milford Grade School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 in Milford, with 354 students. With only one school, there is no school-to-school comparison; the clearest picture is a contrast within the school itself. All-grades ELA and math results were below state rates, while eighth-grade ELA and science were above them—making eighth grade the strongest bright spot.
Milford Grade School stands out most positively in grade 8: ELA proficiency was 79%, 16 percentage points above Illinois, and science was 62%, 10 points above the state. The weaker results were in the all-grades measures: ELA was 43% versus 56% statewide, a 13-point gap, and math was 29% versus 40%, an 11-point gap. Grade-level ELA also varied substantially: grade 6 was 24 points below the state, while grade 8 was 16 points above. Fifth-grade science was 39%, 9 points below Illinois; grade 7 math was 5 points above the state, while grade 3 math was 14 points below.
Results improved in ELA and science over the two years reported, but math did not gain ground against the state. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, all-grades ELA rose by 9 points and its state gap narrowed by 5 points; math rose by 1 point while its gap widened slightly, from 10 to 11 points. Eighth-grade science climbed by 29 points, moving from 13 points below the state to 10 points above. SchoolDigger lists the district at rank 579 of 738, in the 22nd percentile, with one star; its school ranking-history percentile fell from 39 in 2023–24 to 18 in 2025–26. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 12.2:1 in 2024–25, and 60% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–26, below the district’s 17% and state’s 24%. These figures describe one school and do not support comparisons among local schools.
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