Milton Middle School, Milton VT - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Milton Middle School

Milton Middle School sits in the Milton Village area of a town that blends residential neighborhoods with manufacturing, logistics, and retail along the Route 7 corridor in northern Chittenden County. The town is largely auto-oriented, with several historic village communities spread across a wide area and a defined Town Core where civic functions and commercial reinvestment are concentrated. Schools cluster near Milton Square, giving the middle school a proximity to civic anchors like the library, town offices, and fire and rescue services on nearby Bombardier Road. The town is in an active growth phase, with a Downtown Core Master Plan and substantial capital investments in water, transportation, and recreation infrastructure. Publicly reported details from the town plan emphasize compact mixed-use development and infrastructure sequencing as levers for converting regional demand into local job growth.

The middle school serves grades five through eight and enrolls a moderate number of students for its grade band. A substantial share qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with small representation across Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Data on individualized education programs and English learner services was not available, so those figures are left out rather than approximated.

On state assessments, the school shows a clear pattern: English language arts is the stronger subject, and results climb steadily from fifth grade through eighth grade. By eighth grade, a majority of students reach proficiency in ELA, and seventh grade sits at about half. This upward trajectory across the middle school years suggests growth in literacy as students progress. Science proficiency falls in the middle range, with results reported for fifth and eighth grades as those are the tested years.

Mathematics is where the school is weakest. Fifth-grade math proficiency is very low, and while results improve in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, they remain modest throughout. No single grade reaches even a third of students proficient in math. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly how instruction and intervention are structured from the upper elementary transition into the middle grades and what supports exist for students arriving below grade level.

Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. Participation rates were also not reported in the data provided. The neighbor comparison set, drawn from districts in Chittenden County, did not yield a proficiency index or other comparative metrics for this school, so positioning against peer districts is not available here. Because the school serves only middle grades, it has no graduation rate to report.

Housing in the Milton zip code sits above both the Vermont state benchmark and the national benchmark for typical home values, reflecting the broader Chittenden County market. Rent data was not available for this area. The price-to-income ratio indicates that purchasing a home requires a relatively high share of typical household income, and current mortgage rates add to that pressure. For families considering a move to the district, this means the housing market is on the costlier side relative to income, even within a Vermont context.

The district brief search did not surface any lasting parent-relevant changes such as budget votes, referendums, or curriculum shifts. This means the picture rests on the current academic and community data rather than on recent disruptions or initiatives.

Taken together, Milton Middle School presents a mixed academic profile within a growing, civic-minded town. The ELA program shows real strength and upward movement across grades. Math is a persistent soft spot that warrants direct conversation with school staff. The community context is one of reinvestment and planned growth, with schools positioned near the civic center rather than isolated on separate campuses.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 59%

School 9% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 626%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 725%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 750%

School 50% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · district not reported

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income52%33 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income58%33 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income61%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income67%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income2%Higher-income15%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income15%Higher-income40%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income29%9 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income13%Higher-income45%32 pp gap