Enrollment
72
Elementary
DISTRICT 154 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMAH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551491003028
Tomah Area Montessori School
1720 Academy Ave, Tomah, WI 54660 · (608) 374-5406 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
23 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 10% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.7% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 52.4% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tomah Area Montessori School
Tomah Area Montessori School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomah Area Montessori School this school | 72 | 31.9% | 65.5% |
| Boyd Elementary Boyd | 68 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Ouisconsing School of Collaboration Lodi | 74 | 27.0% | 56.5% |
| Plum City Elementary Plum City | 85 | 28.2% | 63.0% |
| Knapp Elementary Knapp | 91 | 34.1% | 66.8% |
| Lewiston Elementary Portage | 84 | 26.2% | 56.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tomah Area Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #1,115 of 1,157 | #12 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
72
+24 (+50%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72 | 3.4 | 21.0:1 | 32% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 3.6 | 17.7:1 | 35% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 66 | 3.2 | 20.4:1 | 24% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 48 | 3 | 16.0:1 | 17% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 57 | 3.3 | 17.5:1 | 30% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 44 | 2 | 22.0:1 | 32% (14) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tomah Area Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (57 to 72); teachers up 6% (3.3 to 3.4).
About Tomah Area Montessori School
Tomah Area Montessori School is a very small elementary school in Wisconsin, with an address in Tomah. It has an enrollment of 72 students in pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 78% below that mark.
Tomah Area School District has 12 schools and 2,970 students, and Tomah Area Montessori School is one of those schools.
Tomah Area Montessori School is 89% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Monroe County, where about 90% of residents are White. The diversity index for Tomah Area Montessori School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Tomah Area Montessori School totals 3.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Tomah Area Montessori School is about 32%. Public schools in Monroe County average 46%.
Tomah Area Montessori School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Tomah Area Montessori School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.5%) and its predicted rate (58.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
Looking at the county, Monroe County, median household income comes to about $69,467, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 23, with about 6,845 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Robert Kupper Learning Center, is about 1.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Tomah Area Montessori School places 1st of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant. Tomah Area Montessori School is run as a public charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 48 to 72. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.0:1.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,208
Census ACS
Median income
$69,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tomah Area School District
- Tomah HighHigh · 882 students
- Tomah MiddleMiddle · 663 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Lemonweir ElementaryElementary · 249 students
- Miller ElementaryElementary · 245 students
- Warrens ElementaryElementary · 133 students
Other schools in Tomah
- Tomah HighHigh · 882 students
- Tomah MiddleMiddle · 663 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Lemonweir ElementaryElementary · 249 students
- Miller ElementaryElementary · 245 students
- Oakdale ElementaryElementary · 90 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Kupper Learning Center1.4 mi · 41
- Timber PUPS Learning Center1.9 mi · 32
- Miller Elementary2.0 mi · 245
- Lemonweir Elementary2.1 mi · 249
- Tomah Middle2.1 mi · 663
- Tomah High2.3 mi · 882
Frequently asked questions
About Tomah Area Montessori SchoolHow large is Tomah Area Montessori School?
Tomah Area Montessori School enrolls approximately 72 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Tomah Area Montessori School serve?
Tomah Area Montessori School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Tomah Area Montessori School?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Tomah Area Montessori School.
How diverse is Tomah Area Montessori School?
Tomah Area Montessori School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Tomah Area Montessori School public or private?
Tomah Area Montessori School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Tomah Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.