Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 73450

Zip code 73450 has one elementary school, Milburn Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 136 students. Its 2025–26 all-grades results show that ELA and math proficiency were well below state levels: 11% in ELA versus 26% statewide, and 8% in math versus 25%. The most important takeaway is that both tested subjects trail the state by substantial margins.

There are no other schools in the ZIP code to rank above or below Milburn Elementary School, but science stands out as a relative strength. In 2024–25, 36% were proficient in science, 6 percentage points above the state’s 30% and 3 points above the district’s 33%; that result was also 24 points above Milburn’s ELA and 27 points above its math. In contrast, that year’s ELA proficiency was 12% versus 26% statewide, and math was 9% versus 26%. Chronic absenteeism was another favorable result: 2% in 2025–26, compared with 16% statewide.

ELA and math each declined by 1 percentage point between the two reported years. ELA fell from 12% to 11% while the state remained at 26%, widening the gap from 14 to 15 points; math fell from 9% to 8%, while the state declined from 26% to 25%, leaving the gap at 17 points. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 13.4 in 2024–25, and 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. SchoolDigger gives the Milburn district a rank of 332 out of 450, the 26th percentile, and 1 star; this is a district ranking, not a current ranking for the school. These figures describe the school’s context, but the one-school list cannot show how it compares with nearby schools serving similar students.