Summary:
Milton, Wisconsin is served by five public schools, all within the Milton School District: East Elementary and West Elementary (both PK–3), Northside Intermediate (grades 4–6), Milton Middle (grades 7–8), and Milton High (grades 9–12). Together they enroll 3,091 students. Milton High is the largest school with 1,057 students, while West Elementary is the smallest with 322; the two middle schools combined enroll 1,303 students, more than the high school.
The clearest standout is Milton High, which rose from 3 stars and the 52nd–53rd percentile in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to 4 stars and the 78th percentile in 2025–2026. Its graduation rate is 97.7% (state: 92.0%), its dropout rate is 0.3% (state: 1.1%), and its 2025–2026 scores beat the state in every reported subject, with math and science ahead by roughly 11 and 10 percentage points. Northside Intermediate has the highest average proficiency in the city at 67.90% versus 54.96% for the state — a gap of about 12.9 points — while spending the least per student ($11,311) and posting the lowest chronic absenteeism (7.0%). Milton Middle has held 4 stars and the 78th percentile two years running and topped state proficiency in all its reported subjects.
The two elementary schools are more mixed. West Elementary spends the most per student ($15,488), has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (35.09%) and the smallest classes (13.7 students per teacher), yet its math proficiency fell from 70.83% to 57.45% and its ELA slipped below state at 48.94%. East Elementary improved in math from 48.91% to 55.56% and stayed above state in ELA, though both elementaries trail the district's Grade 3 averages. Milton Middle carries the city's highest chronic absenteeism at 15.8%, still under the state's 17.3%, showing that attendance and spending alone do not predict results here.
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