La Grange Elementary

Set in Tomah, Wisconsin, La Grange Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under Tomah Area School District. It instructs 400 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Tomah Area School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 2,970 students. La Grange Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, La Grange Elementary records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, La Grange Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,467, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monroe County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,845 students), of which La Grange Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lemonweir Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, La Grange Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.