Coulee Montessori Charter School

Coulee Montessori Charter School operates as a tiny K-5 school in La Crosse, Wisconsin, one of the schools within La Crosse School District. Current enrollment sits at 118 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

La Crosse School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 5,717 students. Coulee Montessori Charter School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Coulee Montessori Charter School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Coulee Montessori Charter School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, La Crosse County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Coulee Montessori Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 28.7%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for La Crosse County shows median household income runs about $73,013, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across La Crosse County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students), Coulee Montessori Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northside Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coulee Montessori Charter School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coulee Montessori Charter School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Coulee Montessori Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 169 students in 2018 compared to 118 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 80% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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