For the 2016-17 school year, Milton Area School District received $9,175,470 in Basic Education Funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This is a 2.3% increase over 2015-16 funding to the district. The highest percentage of BEF increase in Northumberland County was 3.3% awarded to Shikellamy School District under the state's Basic Education Funding formula. For the 2016-17 school year, Pennsylvania increased its public education spending to a record high of $5,895 billion. It was a $200 million increase, 3.51% increase over the 2015-16 appropriation. The state also funded Ready to Learn grants at $250 million and Special Education funding received a $20 million increase. The state also paid $492 million to the school employee social security fund and another $2.064 billion to the teacher's pension fund. Milton Area School District also received $393,328 in REady to Learn Block grant state funds for a total state funding to the district of $11,030,838.