Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School

Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School is a mid-sized elementary school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, overseen by Eau Claire Area School District. The school enrolls 301 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Eau Claire Area School District, which oversees 23 schools and 10,687 students, Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Eau Claire County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.

Around the school, Eau Claire County reports that median household income runs about $74,546, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Eau Claire County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,002 students), Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Lakeshore Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School. On composite proficiency, Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site. Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School has expanded 4%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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