Coloma Intermediate School

Coloma Intermediate School is one of the compact K-5 schools in COLOMA, Michigan, operated by Coloma Community Schools, with 175 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 5. That puts it 53% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Coloma Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,095 students. Coloma Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Coloma Intermediate School reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Coloma Intermediate School reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coloma Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -8.1 points.

In the area at large, Berrien County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,425 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Berrien County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students), Coloma Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coloma Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Coloma Intermediate School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 206 students in 2018 compared to 175 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 57% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Coloma Intermediate School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.