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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Coloma Elementary
Set in Coloma, Wisconsin, Coloma Elementary is a minimally staffed elementary school, overseen by Westfield School District. It enrolls 100 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 323.
Within Westfield School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,064 students, Coloma Elementary is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Coloma Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Coloma Elementary has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Coloma Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Waushara County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Coloma Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +12.2 points.
Across the wider county, Waushara County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,107, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waushara County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,542 students), Coloma Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Westfield Area High, around 9.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coloma Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.0%.
Coloma Elementary operates from a countryside location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 101 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Coloma Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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