The top reported proficiency rate is 53% in Science. The lowest is 50% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Milton Elementary School
Milton Elementary School sits on Pike Street in the small Cabell County town of Milton, West Virginia, a community stretched along the Mud River between Charleston and Huntington. The town grew substantially after Interstate 64 came through, and many residents commute east or west for work, giving Milton a bedroom-community feel layered over its older main-street and fairground identity. Blenko Glass, the handblown-glass manufacturer, anchors the local industrial base and draws visitors. The annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival and a sprawling flea market bring seasonal life to town. Civic anchors cluster along the US-60 corridor, with Pumpkin Park and the relocated Mud River Covered Bridge just outside the center. There is no public transit and no public library branch identified within Milton itself. Housing in the school's zip code sits well above the statewide benchmark but remains well below the national figure, with a price-to-income ratio that reads as relatively affordable compared with much of the country. Estimated monthly mortgage costs and rent burdens suggest a market that is approachable for working families, though rent data was not available.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Cabell County Schools district. Enrollment is moderate for an elementary in this area, with fairly even distribution across the early grades. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of Hispanic students and children of two or more races, and only a handful of Black and Asian students. Free- and reduced-price lunch information was not reported, so the economic profile of the student population cannot be characterized from the available data. Information on special education enrollment and English learner counts was also missing.
State assessment results are available for the current year in math, English language arts, and science. In math, proficiency was about even with state expectations in third grade, dipped below midpoint in fourth grade, and rose to a solidly above-average level by fifth grade. English language arts followed a similar upward arc, with third-grade results on the lower side, fourth grade near the middle, and fifth grade reaching the same strong level as math. Fifth-grade science landed just above the midpoint. Participation was near-total across every tested grade, which speaks to consistent test-taking engagement. Average scale scores were not reported, so a deeper look at student performance beyond the proficiency cut is not possible from the data provided. No multi-year trend could be computed, so whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time is not clear. A parent wanting to understand the trajectory may want to ask the school directly.
Because Milton Elementary ends at fifth grade, there are no middle-school or high-school assessment results, no graduation rate, and no college- or career-readiness indicators for this school. Those gaps reflect the grade band, not a missing report. Students move on to Milton Middle School and then to Cabell Midland High School, a regional campus that consolidated the older Milton and Barboursville high schools. Information on course offerings, extracurriculars, staffing ratios, attendance patterns, and discipline was not available, so the classroom and program environment beyond test results cannot be described here. Title I status was also not reported, though the school's demographic and community context suggests it may be worth asking about.
The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or property-tax adjustments. This does not mean nothing is happening in Cabell County Schools, only that nothing of lasting, documented impact surfaced in the available search.
For a family considering Milton Elementary, the picture is of a traditional small-town elementary school in an affordable commuter community, with state test results that strengthen as students move toward the upper grades and participation that is consistently strong. The weak spots are fourth-grade math and third-grade reading, where proficiency sat below the midpoint. The broader gaps in the data, from economic indicators to program details, mean a visit and direct conversation with the school would fill in what the numbers do not.
See more original research from School Decision →