Colfax Elementary

Set in Colfax, Wisconsin, Colfax Elementary is an average-sized elementary school, part of Colfax School District. It instructs 398 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 23% above the state mean of about 323.

Within Colfax School District, which oversees 2 schools and 716 students, Colfax Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Colfax Elementary shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Black, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Dunn County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Colfax Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colfax Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.6%; this one delivers 62.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dunn County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,824 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Dunn County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,848 students), of which Colfax Elementary is one.

Colfax High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colfax Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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