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Milford, New Jersey - 1 schools
At $34,362 per pupil, Milford Borough School District ranks #32 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Milford Borough School District operates 1 public schools serving 64 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hunterdon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $34,362 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 65 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Jersey compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 73.4% local, 23.0% state, and 3.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 320:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 9.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.5% White, 6.3% African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Milford Public School, enrolling 64 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Milford Public School accounts for 100.0% of all Milford Borough School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Milford Borough School District a distant remainder — means Milford Borough School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Milford Borough School District student-counselor ratio is 320:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Milford Borough School District is typically wider than the Milford Borough School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Milford Borough School District chronic absenteeism rate is 9.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Milford Borough School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Milford Borough School District?
Milford Borough School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 64 students.
How much does Milford Borough School District spend per student?
Milford Borough School District spends $34,362 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Milford Borough School District?
Milford Borough School District students are 87.5% White, 6.3% African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.