Regular local school district · South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Milford School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Milford School District runs 13 public schools with 5,218 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.9 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 5,218
- Teachers (FTE)
- 526
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 70 West River Street, Milford, CT 06460
- Phone
- (203)783-3402
- County
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0902520
- State district ID
- CT-0840011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,195
- School counselors (FTE)
- 25.0About 209 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 26.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.9
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,378), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $153.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.4 million
- State revenue
- $30.8 million
- Local revenue
- $116.8 million
- Total spending
- $149.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,737
- Salaries
- $74.8 million50.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $40.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.6%
- State: 20.1%
- Local: 76.3%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,737
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Milford School District
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Calf Pen Meadow School | Elementary | K to 5 | 269 | 11.2 |
| East Shore Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 339 | 8.5 |
| Harborside Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 400 | 9.8 |
| J. F. Kennedy School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 295 | 11.8 |
| Jonathan Law High School | High | 9 to 12 | 776 | 10.8 |
| Joseph A. Foran High School | High | 9 to 12 | 727 | 11.4 |
| Live Oaks School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 272 | 10.5 |
| Mathewson School | Elementary | K to 5 | 327 | 10.5 |
| Meadowside School | Elementary | K to 5 | 276 | 10.2 |
| Orange Avenue School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 414 | 12.2 |
| Orchard Hills School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 350 | 11.3 |
| Pumpkin Delight School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 271 | 10.4 |
| West Shore Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 394 | 9.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in South Central Connecticut Planning Region
- New Haven School District 18,817 students
- Meriden School District 8,707 students
- West Haven School District 5,950 students
- Hamden School District 5,464 students
- Wallingford School District 5,241 students
- North Haven School District 3,214 students
- Guilford School District 3,080 students
- East Haven School District 2,857 students
- Branford School District 2,567 students
- Madison School District 2,445 students
- Regional School District 05 2,138 students
- Area Cooperative Educational Services 1,726 students
- North Branford School District 1,546 students
- Orange School District 1,254 students
- Amistad Academy District 1,105 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.