About Milford School District
Milford School District is a public school system serving Sussex County, Delaware, based in Milford. It serves 4,523 students across 6 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #12 largest of Delaware’s 43 school systems.
Size and structure
Milford School District enrolls 4,523 students in 6 schools — an average of about 754 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #12 of 43 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Milford School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (4,523 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Milford School District employs about 267 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.9:1 — above the Delaware average of about 14.8:1. Total district staff is roughly 455.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Delaware funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Milford School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Delaware reports school and district performance on the Delaware Report Card, built on the Delaware School Success Framework (proficiency and growth in ELA and math, English-learner progress, chronic absenteeism, graduation and college-and-career readiness). Look up Milford School District on the Delaware Report Card.
Accreditation status
Delaware does not require a single statewide K-12 accreditor; accreditation is voluntary, with Cognia and the Middle States Association the bodies most districts use. Look up Milford School District in the free Cognia registry.
Milford School District vs. Delaware
See every Delaware district side by side in the Delaware directory.
Look up Milford School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):