Lemonweir Elementary

Lemonweir Elementary, a close-knit elementary campus in Tomah, Wisconsin, run under Tomah Area School District, hosts 249 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Lemonweir Elementary sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Lemonweir Elementary lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lemonweir Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Monroe County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lemonweir Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 31.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Monroe County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,467, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Monroe County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,845 students), Lemonweir Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Robert Kupper Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Lemonweir Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lemonweir Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 270 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.