Camp Douglas Elementary

Set in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, Camp Douglas Elementary is a micro-enrollment primary school, part of Tomah Area School District. It instructs 65 students across grades 2 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 80% below the state mean of about 323.

Tomah Area School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 2,970 students; Camp Douglas Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Camp Douglas Elementary reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Juneau County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Camp Douglas Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Juneau County put median household income runs about $67,270, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Camp Douglas Elementary is one of 24 public schools in Juneau County (combined enrollment of about 3,471 students).

Oakdale Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camp Douglas Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

Camp Douglas Elementary operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 51%: 43 students in 2018 compared to 65 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 98% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 6.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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