Muir Elementary

Muir Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus in Portage, Wisconsin, overseen by Portage Community School District. The school works with 439 students in grades 2 through 5. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 8 schools in Portage Community School District (1,956 students total), Muir Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Muir Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. 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, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Columbia County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Muir Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 43.6%.

In the area at large, Columbia County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Columbia County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students), of which Muir Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Woodridge Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Muir Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Muir Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Muir Elementary's enrollment has expanded 29% since 2018, when it stood at 341 (now 439). The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.