Timber PUPS Learning Center

Timber PUPS Learning Center operates as an one-room-style elementary campus in Tomah, Wisconsin, run under Tomah Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 32 students spanning grade pre-K. That puts it 90% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Across the 12 schools in Tomah Area School District (2,970 students total), Timber PUPS Learning Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Timber PUPS Learning Center records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Monroe County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Timber PUPS Learning Center shows 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 32.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Timber PUPS Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Monroe County's rate of about 46%.

Across the wider county, census data for Monroe County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,467 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,845 students), of which Timber PUPS Learning Center is one.

The closest other public school is Miller Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 47 students in 2018 compared to 32 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 32.0:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Timber PUPS Learning Center community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.