Coloma Junior High School

Set in COLOMA, Michigan, Coloma Junior High School is a modestly sized middle-grades school, run under Coloma Community Schools. It instructs 228 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 55% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in Coloma Community Schools (1,095 students total), Coloma Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Coloma Junior High School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Berrien County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Berrien County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Coloma Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 24.7%, a residual of -7.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Berrien County put the typical household earns roughly $65,425 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Coloma Junior High School is one of 75 public schools in Berrien County (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students).

The closest other public school is Coloma High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coloma Junior High School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 29.6%.

Coloma Junior High School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coloma Junior High School has edged down 33%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 228 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 14% to 21%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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