Coloma Elementary School

Coloma Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in COLOMA, Michigan, operated by Coloma Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades pre-K through 3.

Within Coloma Community Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,095 students, Coloma Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Coloma Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Coloma Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Berrien County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coloma Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 21.9%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Across the wider county, Berrien County reports that median household income runs about $65,425, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Berrien County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students), Coloma Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coloma Intermediate School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coloma Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Coloma Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Coloma Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 358 (now 356). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 71% to 61%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Coloma Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.