Enrollment
318
High
DISTRICT 358 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLFAX SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550279000316
Colfax High
601 University Ave, Colfax, WI 54730 · (715) 962-3155 · Dunn County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Wisconsin public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
99 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 21% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Colfax School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 66.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Colfax High
Colfax High's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax High this school | 318 | 31.1% | 60.2% |
| Viroqua High Viroqua | 301 | 30.6% | 51.3% |
| Lancaster High Lancaster | 325 | 32.0% | 46.8% |
| Pardeeville High Pardeeville | 284 | 32.7% | 38.5% |
| Peshtigo High Peshtigo | 330 | 29.7% | 37.2% |
| River Valley High Spring Green | 364 | 30.8% | 60.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Colfax High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #56 of 402 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #7 of 64 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #6 of 64 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #242 of 532 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #75 of 325 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #319 of 325 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #246 of 418 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #63 of 203 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
318
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 212
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 318 | 24.7 | 12.9:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 23.8 | 14.2:1 | 37% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 25.2 | 13.3:1 | 38% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 41% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 25.2 | 14.9:1 | 40% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 34% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 19 | 12.7:1 | 35% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 18 | 14.5:1 | 27% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 212 | 16 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colfax High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (376 to 318); teachers down 2% (25.2 to 24.7).
About Colfax High
Colfax High is a low-enrollment high school based in Colfax, Wisconsin. The school has 318 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12. High schools in Wisconsin average about 475 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
Colfax High sits within Colfax School District, which has 2 schools and 716 students.
The share of White students at Colfax High is 95%. In Dunn County overall, the White share is about 91%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Colfax High scores 10%.
Teacher count: 24.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.9:1. The gap from the 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin is 1.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%.
Colfax High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of Wisconsin public high schools.
Colfax High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.2%, compared with a predicted 58.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Dunn County, home to about 45,527 people, median household income comes to about $74,824, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 17 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,848, Colfax High among them.
Colfax High's closest public school neighbor is Colfax Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 61.6% on proficiency, and Colfax High is below that at 60.2%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 335 in 2020-21 to 318 in 2024-25.
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Dunn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,527
Census ACS
Median income
$74,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,848 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Colfax High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Colfax High. Colfax High is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Colfax HighColfax, CA · 611 students
- Colfax High SchoolColfax, WA · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Colfax Elementary0.0 mi · 398
- Elk Mound Middle9.0 mi · 368
- Elk Mound High9.2 mi · 348
- Mound View Elementary9.2 mi · 456
- Wakanda Elementary11.9 mi · 351
- Oaklawn Elementary12.2 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Colfax HighHow large is Colfax High?
Colfax High enrolls approximately 318 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Colfax High serve?
Colfax High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Colfax High?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Colfax High.
How diverse is Colfax High?
Colfax High reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Colfax High?
Colfax High is overseen by Colfax School District in Dunn County.
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